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Preface

1 Introduction

2 Ecosystems and Economic Systems

3 Conservation of Endangered Species

4 Species and Ecosystem Diversity

5 Human Populations

6 Sustaining Water Supplies

7 Sustaining Terrestrial Resources

8 Sustaining Aquatic Resources

9 Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Energy

10 Renewable Energy

11 Environmental Health, Risk, and Toxicology

12 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

13 Air, Water, and Soil Pollution

14 Global Climate Change

Appendix A Basic Chemistry

Appendix B The Rock Cycle: Product of a Dynamic Planet

Glossary

Index