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Environmental Science Course Sequence

Chapter 1 THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
  1.1 What Are Some Key Factors of Sustainability?
  1.2 How Are Our Ecological Footprints Affecting Earth?
  1.3 What Causes Environmental Problems and Why Do They Persist?
  1.4 What Is an Environmentally Sustainable Society?
Chapter 2 Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
  2.1 What Do Scientists Do?
  2.2 What Is Matter?
  2.3 What Is Energy?
  2.4 What Are Systems?
Chapter 3 Ecosystem Dynamics
  3.1 What Are Earth's Major Spheres, and How Do They Support Life?
  3.2 What Are the Major Ecosystem Components?
  3.3 What Happens to Energy in an Ecosystem?
  3.4 What Happens to Matter in an Ecosystem?
  3.5 How Do Scientists Study Ecosystems?
Chapter 4 Biodiversity and Evolution
  4.1 What Is Biodiversity and Why Is It Important?
  4.2 What Roles Do Species Play in Ecosystems?
  4.3 How Does Life on Earth Change Over Time?
  4.4 What Factors Affect Biodiversity?
Chapter 5 Species Interactions, Ecological Succession, and Population Control
  5.1 How Do Species Interact?
  5.2 How Do Ecosystems Respond to Changing Conditions?
  5.3 What Limits the Growth of Populations?
Chapter 6 Ecosystems and Climate
  6.1 What Factors Influence Climate?
  6.2 What Are the Major Types of Terrestrial Ecosystems?
  6.3 What Are the Major Types of Marine Ecosystems?
  6.4 What Are the Major Types of Freshwater Systems?
Chapter 7 Saving Species and Ecosystem Services
  7.1 What Causes Extinction and What Are Its Impacts?
  7.2 What Role Do Humans Play in the Loss of Species and Ecosystem Services?
  7.3 How Can We Sustain Wild Species and Ecosystem Services?
Chapter 8 Sustaining Biodiversity: An Ecosystem Approach
  8.1 How Can Forests Be Better Managed?
  8.2 How Can Grasslands Be Better Managed?
  8.3 How Can Protected Lands Be Better Managed?
  8.4 How Does the Ecosystem Approach Help Protect Terrestrial Biodiversity?
  8.5 How Does the Ecosystem Approach Help Protect Aquatic Biodiversity?
Chapter 9 Food, Soil, and Pest Management
  9.1 What Is Food Security?
  9.2 How Is Food Produced?
  9.3 How Are Environmental Issues and Food Production Connected?
  9.4 How Can Society Manage Agricultural Pests More Sustainably?
  9.5 What Are Sustainable Solutions to Food Production?
Chapter 10 Water Resources and Water Pollution
  10.1 Why Is Fresh Water in Short Supply?
  10.2 How Can People Increase Freshwater Supplies?
  10.3 How Can People Use Fresh Water More Sustainably?
  10.4 How Can People Reduce Water Pollution?
Chapter 11 Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
  11.1 How Do Geological Processes Relate to Society and the Environment?
  11.2 What Are Earth’s Mineral Resources and How Long Might Reserves Last?
  11.3 What Are the Effects of Using Mineral Resources?
  11.4 How Can Society Use Mineral Resources More Sustainably?
Chapter 12 Nonrenewable Energy Resources
  12.1 What Is Net Energy and Why Is It Important?
  12.2 What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Fossil Fuels?
  12.3 What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Nuclear Power?
Chapter 13 Renewable Energy Resources
  13.1 Why Is Energy Efficiency an Important Energy Resource?
  13.2 What Are Sources of Renewable Energy?
  13.3 How Can Society Transition to a More Sustainable Energy Future?
Chapter 14 Human Population and Urbanization
  14.1 How Many People Can Earth Support?
  14.2 What Factors Influence the Size of the Human Population?
  14.3 What Are the Effects of Urbanization on the Environment?
  14.4 How Can Cities Become More Sustainable?
Chapter 15 Environmental Hazards and Human Health
  15.1 What Are the Major Types of Health Hazards?
  15.2 How Do Biological Hazards Threaten Human Health?
  15.3 How Do Chemical Hazards Threaten Human Health?
  15.4 How Can People Evaluate Risks from Chemical Hazards?
  15.5 How Do People Perceive and Avoid Risks?
Chapter 16 Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion
  16.1 What Are the Major Air Pollution Problems?
  16.2 What Are the Effects of Climate Change?
  16.3 How Can People Slow Climate Change?
  16.4 How Can People Reverse Ozone Depletion?
Chapter 17 Solid and Hazardous Waste
  17.1 What Are Problems Related to Solid and Hazardous Waste?
  17.2 How Should Society Deal with Solid Waste?
  17.3 How Should Society Deal with Hazardous Waste?
  17.4 How Can Society Transition to a Low-Waste Economy?
Chapter 18 Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews
  18.1 How Are Economic Systems Related to the Biosphere?
  18.2 How Can People Use Economic Tools to Address Environmental Problems?
  18.3 How Can Society Enact More Just Environmental Policies?
  18.4 How Can Society Live More Sustainably?