Visualizing Environmental Science

475 Glossary acid deposition A type of air pollution that includes sulfuric and nitric acids in precipitation, as well as dry ac ...

Index 483 trade in products made from, 392f in the U.S., 390t Endangered Species Act (1973), 390, 391 Endemic species, 379 Endoc ...

476 Glossary environmental science The interdisciplinary study of humanity’s relationship with other organisms and the physical ...

484 Visualizing Nutrition Environmentalists, 55 Environmental justice, 35–36 Environmental legislation, 52–54, 59–61 Environment ...

Glossary 477 monoculture Ecological simplification in which only one type of plant is cultivated over a large area. municipal so ...

Index 485 Hotspots biodiversity, 380, 381f volcanic, 299 Houses active solar heating, 444–445, 444f energy conservation for, 462 ...

478 Glossary secondary treatment Biological treatment of wastewater to decompose suspended organic material; secondary treatment ...

486 Visualizing Nutrition Incineration hazardous waste, 413 solid waste, 402–403, 402f, 403f India biogas digesters in, 450, 451 ...

Glossary 479 toxicology The study of toxicants, chemicals with adverse effects on health. tropical rain forest A lush, species-r ...

Index 487 Nanomaterials, 410, 410f Nanotechnology, 410 Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii, 218f Narrow-spectrum pesticides, 364 Nashvi ...

480 Artificial eutrophication, 261 Assimilation, 110 Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 58 Asthenosphere, 298 As ...

488 Visualizing Nutrition New Zealand North Island, 316f ozone thinning over, 232t protected lands in, 343f Niches, 113–115 Nige ...

Index 481 Carbon cycle, 106–107, 107f, 122 Carbon dioxide, 197 in the atmosphere, 223t country emission estimates, 238, 238t eff ...

Index 489 Primary treatment (sewage), 265, 265f Prime farmland, 355 Prince William Sound, Alaska, 428, 429f Principle of inheren ...

482 Visualizing Nutrition Chronic toxicity, 77 Circulation, ocean, 274–276, 275f Cities. See also Urbanization dust domes over, ...

490 Visualizing Nutrition Reno, Nevada, 139t Replacement-level fertility, 170 Reproductive capacity, 148 Reservoirs, 255–256 Res ...

Index 483 trade in products made from, 392f in the U.S., 390t Endangered Species Act (1973), 390, 391 Endemic species, 379 Endoc ...

Index 491 Three Gorges Dam, China, 269, 269f, 454f, 455 Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, 434 Threshold level, 86 Tidal energy, 4 ...

484 Visualizing Nutrition Environmentalists, 55 Environmental justice, 35–36 Environmental legislation, 52–54, 59–61 Environment ...

492 Visualizing Nutrition United States acid deposition in, 235, 237 ecological footprint of, 10, 11t endangered ecosystems in, ...