Introduction 1Part I: Demystifying Science and the Environment 7Chapter 1: Investigating the Environment 9Chapter 2: Lab Coats and Microscopes: Thinking Scientifically 19Chapter 3: What's the Matter? Living and Nonliving Material 31Chapter 4: Making Things Happen: Energy 47Part II: Planting the Seed: Foundational Concepts in Environmental Science 57Chapter 5: Studying the Environment and Your Place in It 59Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems 71Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth's Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns 89Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology 107Part III: Getting Your Needs Met: Earth's Natural Resources 129Chapter 9: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources 131Chapter 10: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource 143Chapter 11: Dishing It Up: Food Resources 153Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity 175Chapter 13: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Energy 191Chapter 14: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy 207Part IV: Giving a Hoot: Pollution and Environmental Quality 221Chapter 15: Breathing Room: Addressing Manmade Air Pollution 223Chapter 16: Drip Drop Splash: Water Pollution 237Chapter 17: What's Your Poison? Toxins and Infectious Disease 249Chapter 18: A River of Garbage Runs through It: Solid and Hazardous Waste 263Chapter 19: Is It Getting Warm in Here? Modern Climate Change 277Part V: Follow the Recycled Brick Road: A Sustainable Future 295Chapter 20: Building a Sustainable Future 297Chapter 21: Cooperating to Sustain the Earth 311Part VI: The Part of Tens 321Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Live Sustainably 323Chapter 23: Ten Real-Life Examples of the Tragedy of the Commons 331Chapter 24: Ten Careers in Environmental Science 337Index 343