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Scientific American Environmental Science for a Changing World

by Anne Houtman, Susan Karr, Jeneen Interlandi

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01.6 Social Traps

01.9 U.S. Environmental History

02.1 Ozone and the Atmosphere

02.2 Certainty in Science

02.3 Scientific Process

02.7 Ozone Depletion

03.2a Bioaccumulation

03.2b Biomagnification

03.6 How Hormones Work

04.4 Demographic Transition

05.3 Capital and Interest

05.4 The IPAT Equation

06.10 The Nitrogen Cycle

06.7 The Carbon Cycle

07.3 Exponential and Logistic Population Growth

08.2 Trophic Levels

08.8 Primary and Secondary Succession

09.3 Ecosystem Services

10.1 Natural Selection at Work

11.2 Cross Section of a Forest

11.4 Threats to Forests (Major Causes of Deforestation)

11.5 Timber-Harvesting Techniques

12.4 Soil Formation

12.6 How It Works: Grazing and Impact on Grasses

12.7 Increasing Proportion of Unpalatable Species

12.8 Planned Grazing

13.1 pH and Ocean Acidification

13.2 Acidification Alters Ocean Chemistry and Calcification

14.3 Fishing Down the Food Chain

15.4 Water Use

15.5 Groundwater Is Found in Aquifers of Porous Rock

16.1 Eutrophication Creates Dead Zones

16.3Watersheds

18.2 Emergence of Pesticide-Resistant Pests

18.3 Integrated Farming: The Duck/Rice Farm

19.7 Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)

20.1 How Fossil Fuels Form

20.7 Fracking for Natural Gas

21.5 Air Pollution and Acid Deposition

21.7 Approaches to Reducing Air Pollution

22.1 A Change in Average Temperature: Why Do Only a Few Degrees Matter?

22.4 Albedo Changes Can Increase Warming via Positive Feedback

23.2 Radioactive Decay

24.4 Solar Energy Technologies Take Many Forms

26.6 Sustainable Cities and Smart Growth

26.7 Green Building


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