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Scientific American Environmental Science for a Changing World, Digital Update
Fourth Edition ©2024 Susan Karr Formats: Achieve, E-book, Print
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Available with Macmillan's online adaptive learning platform, Achieve, Susan Karr’s Environmental Science for a Changing World 4e Digital Update uses an engaging, journalistic approach—real stories about real people—to show students how science works and how to think critically about environmental issues. Each module reads like a single, integrated Scientific American-style article with clear explanations of essential processes and concepts enhanced with beautifully designed infographics.Success Stories
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Susan Karr
Susan Karr, MS, is an Instructor in the Biology Department of Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and has been teaching for over 15 years. She has served on campus and community environmental sustainability groups and helps produce an annual “State of the Environment” report on the environmental health of her county. In addition to teaching non-majors courses in environmental science and human biology, she teaches an upper-level course in animal behavior where she and her students train dogs from the local animal shelter in a program that improves the animals’ chances of adoption. She received degrees in Animal Behavior and Forestry from the University of Georgia.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Environmental, Science, and Information Literacy
Module 1.1 Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
LESSONS FROM A VANISHED SOCIETY
Module 1.2 The Process of Science
FUNGAL ATTACKER THREATENS BATS
CHAPTER 2 Ecology
Module 2.1 Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycling
GLIMPSES INTO ECOSYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE (NEW)
Module 2.2 Population Ecology
GRAY WOLVES RETURN TO YELLOWSTONE
Module 2.3 Community Ecology
THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES: A COMMUNITY IN CRISIS
CHAPTER 3 Evolution and Biodiversity
Module 3.1 Evolution and Extinction
A WETLAND MURDER MYSTERY (NEW)
Module 3.2 Biodiversity
OIL PALM PLANTATIONS THREATEN TROPICAL FORESTS (NEW)
CHAPTER 4 Human Populations and Environmental Health
Module 4.1 Human Populations
THE KERALA MODEL
Module 4.2 Urbanization and Sustainable Communities
CREATING GREEN CITIES
Module 4.3 Environmental Health and Toxicology
ARE WE READY FOR THE NEXT DISEASE X? (NEW)
CHAPTER 5 Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy
Module 5.1 Ecological Economics and Consumption
WALL TO WALL, CRADLE TO CRADLE
Module 5.2 Environmental Policy
THE WORLD TACKLES OZONE DEPLETION
Module 5.3 Managing Solid Waste
MICROPLASTICS
CHAPTER 6 Water Resources
Module 6.1 Freshwater Resources
WATER WARS
Module 6.2 Water Pollution
SUFFOCATING THE GULF
ONLINE MODULE 6.3 Marine Ecosystems
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: THE “OTHER” CO2 PROBLEM
CHAPTER 7 Geological and Land Resources
Module 7.1 Mineral Resources
LITHIUM: THE NEW PETROLEUM?
Module 7.2 Forest Resources
RETURNING TREES TO HAITI
ONLINE MODULE 7.3 Grasslands
AVERTING THE NEXT DUST BOWL (NEW)
CHAPTER 8 Food Resources
Module 8.1 Feeding the World
BANKING ON SEEDS
Module 8.2 Sustainable Agriculture: Raising Crops
FARMING LIKE AN ECOSYSTEM
ONLINE MODULE 8.3 Sustainable Agriculture: Raising Livestock
CAN A SUSTAINABLE DIET INCLUDE MEAT?
ONLINE MODULE 8.4 Fisheries and Aquaculture
FISH IN A WAREHOUSE?
CHAPTER 9 Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels
Module 9.1 Coal
BRINGING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
Module 9.2 Oil and Natural Gas
THE BAKKEN OIL BOOM
CHAPTER 10 Air Quality and Climate Change
Module 10.1 Air Pollution
TRACKING POLLUTED AIR OUTDOORS AND INDOORS (NEW)
Module 10.2 Climate Change
CLIMATE REFUGEES
CHAPTER 11 Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
Module 11.1 Nuclear Power
THE FUTURE OF FUKUSHIMA
Module 11.2 Sustainable Energy: Stationary Sources
MOVING TOWARD A RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE
ONLINE MODULE 11.3 Sustainable Energy: Mobile Sources
GAS FROM GRASS
Product Updates
- NEW and UPDATED stories enable students to understand scientific concepts through recent and relevant environmental events from around the world and in their own backyard.
- NEW Datawrapper visualizations, as seen in The New York Times, Axios, and many other global publications, create an interactive reading experience akin to sources that students encounter outside the classroom.
- NEW additional Decision Point interactivity that comes with its own in-class materials and post-class assessment.
- NEW and UPDATED assessment, test bank, and adaptive quiz questions.
- NEW and UPDATED narrated lecture slides recorded by the author Susan Karr provide in-class instructor support and function as review material for students.
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Authors
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Susan Karr
Susan Karr, MS, is an Instructor in the Biology Department of Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and has been teaching for over 15 years. She has served on campus and community environmental sustainability groups and helps produce an annual “State of the Environment” report on the environmental health of her county. In addition to teaching non-majors courses in environmental science and human biology, she teaches an upper-level course in animal behavior where she and her students train dogs from the local animal shelter in a program that improves the animals’ chances of adoption. She received degrees in Animal Behavior and Forestry from the University of Georgia.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Environmental, Science, and Information Literacy
Module 1.1 Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
LESSONS FROM A VANISHED SOCIETY
Module 1.2 The Process of Science
FUNGAL ATTACKER THREATENS BATS
CHAPTER 2 Ecology
Module 2.1 Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycling
GLIMPSES INTO ECOSYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE (NEW)
Module 2.2 Population Ecology
GRAY WOLVES RETURN TO YELLOWSTONE
Module 2.3 Community Ecology
THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES: A COMMUNITY IN CRISIS
CHAPTER 3 Evolution and Biodiversity
Module 3.1 Evolution and Extinction
A WETLAND MURDER MYSTERY (NEW)
Module 3.2 Biodiversity
OIL PALM PLANTATIONS THREATEN TROPICAL FORESTS (NEW)
CHAPTER 4 Human Populations and Environmental Health
Module 4.1 Human Populations
THE KERALA MODEL
Module 4.2 Urbanization and Sustainable Communities
CREATING GREEN CITIES
Module 4.3 Environmental Health and Toxicology
ARE WE READY FOR THE NEXT DISEASE X? (NEW)
CHAPTER 5 Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy
Module 5.1 Ecological Economics and Consumption
WALL TO WALL, CRADLE TO CRADLE
Module 5.2 Environmental Policy
THE WORLD TACKLES OZONE DEPLETION
Module 5.3 Managing Solid Waste
MICROPLASTICS
CHAPTER 6 Water Resources
Module 6.1 Freshwater Resources
WATER WARS
Module 6.2 Water Pollution
SUFFOCATING THE GULF
ONLINE MODULE 6.3 Marine Ecosystems
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: THE “OTHER” CO2 PROBLEM
CHAPTER 7 Geological and Land Resources
Module 7.1 Mineral Resources
LITHIUM: THE NEW PETROLEUM?
Module 7.2 Forest Resources
RETURNING TREES TO HAITI
ONLINE MODULE 7.3 Grasslands
AVERTING THE NEXT DUST BOWL (NEW)
CHAPTER 8 Food Resources
Module 8.1 Feeding the World
BANKING ON SEEDS
Module 8.2 Sustainable Agriculture: Raising Crops
FARMING LIKE AN ECOSYSTEM
ONLINE MODULE 8.3 Sustainable Agriculture: Raising Livestock
CAN A SUSTAINABLE DIET INCLUDE MEAT?
ONLINE MODULE 8.4 Fisheries and Aquaculture
FISH IN A WAREHOUSE?
CHAPTER 9 Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels
Module 9.1 Coal
BRINGING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
Module 9.2 Oil and Natural Gas
THE BAKKEN OIL BOOM
CHAPTER 10 Air Quality and Climate Change
Module 10.1 Air Pollution
TRACKING POLLUTED AIR OUTDOORS AND INDOORS (NEW)
Module 10.2 Climate Change
CLIMATE REFUGEES
CHAPTER 11 Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
Module 11.1 Nuclear Power
THE FUTURE OF FUKUSHIMA
Module 11.2 Sustainable Energy: Stationary Sources
MOVING TOWARD A RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE
ONLINE MODULE 11.3 Sustainable Energy: Mobile Sources
GAS FROM GRASS
Product Updates
- NEW and UPDATED stories enable students to understand scientific concepts through recent and relevant environmental events from around the world and in their own backyard.
- NEW Datawrapper visualizations, as seen in The New York Times, Axios, and many other global publications, create an interactive reading experience akin to sources that students encounter outside the classroom.
- NEW additional Decision Point interactivity that comes with its own in-class materials and post-class assessment.
- NEW and UPDATED assessment, test bank, and adaptive quiz questions.
- NEW and UPDATED narrated lecture slides recorded by the author Susan Karr provide in-class instructor support and function as review material for students.
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