The Ecology Book

299 See also: Global warming 202–203 ■ A plastic wasteland 284–285 ■ Humankind’s dominance over nature 296 ■ Environmental ethic ...

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302 B y the late 19th century, fears were already growing in industrial Europe that the world could not rely on fossil fuels for ...

303 reason why, unlike other forms of renewable energy, they are not classed as “alternative” sources. Renewable, clean energy w ...

304 evenly spread around the globe. Offshore wind is generally stronger and more regular than onshore. Floating turbines can gen ...

305 turbines connected to generators. China is the biggest producer of hydroelectric power (HEP), with 45,000 small installation ...

306 THE TIME HAS COME FOR SCIENCE TO BUSY ITSELF WITH THE EARTH ITSELF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS A t its heart, the discipline of env ...

307 See also: Endangered habitats 236–239 ■ Pesticides 236–239 ■ Depletion of natural resources 262–265 ■ Ecosystem services 328 ...

308 T he roots of the modern “green movement” developed in organizations established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ...

309 Activists in a dinghy patrol in front of two ships from the UK carrying illegal toxic substances as part of regular Greenpea ...

310 THE CONSEQUENCES OF TODAY’S ACTIONS ON TOMORROW’S WORLD MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE PROGRAMME D uring the second half of the 20th ...

311 Moroccan women gather the health-giving fruits of the argan tree. These trees in the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve are carefu ...

312 P opulation viability analysis (PVA), or extinction risk assessment, is a process used to estimate the probability that a po ...

313 See also: Ecological resilience 150–151 ■ Climax community 172–173 ■ Metapopulations 186–187 ■ Mass extinctions 218–223 ■ De ...

314 more evenly balanced population, and will influence its chances of survival. The second consideration was environmental stoc ...

315 fueling a case for conservation where protection is required. As reliable information on age ranges and breeding rates is of ...

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318 S ince the Industrial Revolution, humans have been altering Earth’s natural environment through increased carbon dioxide (CO ...