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Scientific American Environmental Science for a Changing World, Digital Update

Fourth Edition

Publication Date: April 15, 2024

Paperback ISBN: 9781319546861

Pages: 592

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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

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