BIOL 101- Environmental Science

by Erin Rempala

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This is an introductory environmental science textbook for San Diego City College Environmental Science (BIOL 101) class. Image credit: By © Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6361901]

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Publisher
San Diego City College
Subjects
Biology
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: Introduction to Environmental Science
  8. 1.1: The Process of Science
  9. 1.2: What is Science?
  10. 1.3: Empirical and Applied Science
  11. 1.4: Human Impact on the Planet
  12. 1.5: Environmental Science
  13. 1.6: Practicing with Data- Wildlife Corridors
  14. 2: Humans and the Environment
  15. 2.1: Planetary Boundaries- Earth's Safe Operating Space
  16. 2.2: Environmental Ethics and Worldviews
  17. 2.3: Environmental Justice and Equity
  18. 2.4: Sustainability and Sustainable Development
  19. 2.5: Systems Thinking and Modeling Sustainability
  20. 2.6: Historical Foundations of Environmental Policy
  21. 3: Ecology
  22. 3.1: Population Ecology
  23. 3.1.1: Ecological Hierarchy
  24. 3.1.2: Population Distribution
  25. 3.1.3: Population Size
  26. 3.1.4: Population Growth and Regulation
  27. 3.1.5: Life History
  28. 3.2: Community Ecology
  29. 3.2.1: Biotic Interactions
  30. 3.2.1.1: Symbiosis
  31. 3.2.1.2: Trophic Interactions
  32. 3.2.2: Community Structure and Dynamics
  33. 3.2.3: Data Dive- Beaver Impacts on Wetlands
  34. 3.3: Ecosystem Ecology
  35. 3.3.1: Matter
  36. 3.3.2: Energy
  37. 3.3.3: Biogeochemical Cycles
  38. 3.3.4: Energy Flow in Food Webs
  39. 3.3.5: Ecosystem Types and Dynamics
  40. 3.3.5.1: Climate and Biomes
  41. 3.3.5.2: Terrestrial Biomes
  42. 3.3.5.3: Aquatic Biomes
  43. 3.3.6: Data Dive- Biome Carbon Storage
  44. 4: Evolution
  45. 4.1: Evolution and Natural Selection
  46. 4.2: Other Mechanisms of Evolution
  47. 4.3: Evidence for Evolution
  48. 5: Biodiversity
  49. 5.1: The Value of Biodiversity
  50. 5.2: The Importance of Biodiversity to Human Life
  51. 5.3: Levels of Biodiversity
  52. 5.4: The Biodiversity Crisis
  53. 5.5: Threats to Biodiversity
  54. 5.6: Extinction
  55. 5.7: Measuring Biodiversity Loss
  56. 5.8: Preserving Biodiversity
  57. 5.9: Policies Protecting Biodiversity
  58. 5.10: Data Dive- Threats to Biodiversity
  59. 6: Human Population Growth
  60. 6.1: History of Human Population Growth
  61. 6.2: The Rate of Human Population Growth
  62. 6.3: Factors Affecting Population Growth
  63. 6.4: Looking Ahead
  64. 6.5: Data Dive- World Population Densities
  65. 7: The Energy System
  66. 7.1: Fossil Fuels
  67. 7.1.1: Types of Fossil Fuels and Formation
  68. 7.1.2: Mining, Processing, and Generating Electricity
  69. 7.1.3: Fossil Fuel Consumption
  70. 7.1.4: Consequences of Fossil Fuels
  71. 7.2: Nuclear Energy
  72. 7.2.1: Radioactive Isotopes
  73. 7.2.2: Generating Electricity with Nuclear Energy
  74. 7.2.3: Nuclear Energy Consumption
  75. 7.2.4: Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy
  76. 7.2.5: The Promise of Fusion
  77. 7.2.6: Data Dive- Global Nuclear Power Generation
  78. 7.3: Renewable Energy and Conservation
  79. 7.3.1: Renewable Energy History and Consumption
  80. 7.3.2: Wind Energy
  81. 7.3.3: Solar Energy
  82. 7.3.4: Hydropower
  83. 7.3.5: Geothermal Energy
  84. 7.3.6: Biofuels (Biomass Energy)
  85. 7.3.7: Energy Efficiency and Conservation
  86. 7.3.8: Data Dive- Global Renewable Energy Generation
  87. 8: Atmospheric Pollution
  88. 8.1: Earth’s Atmosphere
  89. 8.2: Air Pollution
  90. 8.3: Acid Deposition
  91. 8.4: Ozone Depletion
  92. 9: Global Climate Change
  93. 9.1: Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
  94. 9.2: Earth's Energy Balance and Radiation
  95. 9.3: The Greenhouse Effect
  96. 9.4: Evidence and Causes of Climate Change
  97. 9.5: Impacts of Climate Change
  98. 9.6: Ocean Acidification- The Other Carbon Problem
  99. 9.7: Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change
  100. 9.8: Data Dive- Flooding in Venice Italy
  101. 10: The Water System
  102. 10.1: The Hydrologic Cycle and Freshwater Distribution
  103. 10.2: Water Usage
  104. 10.3: Water Scarcity and Sustainable Water Management
  105. 10.4: Case Study - The Salton Sea
  106. 10.5: Water Pollution
  107. 10.6: Water Treatment- Protecting Drinking Water and Treating Wastewater
  108. 10.7: Preventing Water Pollution and Restoring Watersheds
  109. 11: Waste, Materials, and the Circular Economy
  110. 11.1: Waste Generation
  111. 11.2: Disposal
  112. 11.3: Environmental Impacts of Solid Waste
  113. 11.4: From Waste Management to a Circular Economy
  114. 11.5: Circular Economy and Stewardship
  115. 12: Environmental Health and Toxicology
  116. 12.1: Types of Environmental Hazards
  117. 12.2: Epidemiology
  118. 12.3: Infectious Diseases
  119. 12.4: Environmental Toxicology
  120. 12.5: Case Study - The Love Canal Disaster
  121. 12.6: Environmental Hazard Reduction
  122. 13: The Agricultural System
  123. 13.1: Food Security
  124. 13.2: Industrial Agriculture
  125. 13.3: Soils
  126. 13.4: Soil Degradation
  127. 13.5: Selective Breeding and Genetic Engineering
  128. 13.6: Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture
  129. Back Matter
  130. Index
  131. Glossary
  132. Detailed Licensing