Visualizing Environmental Science

Index 485

Hotspots

biodiversity, 380, 381f

volcanic, 299

Houses

active solar heating, 444–445, 444f

energy conservation for, 462, 462f

net metering of electricity, 461, 461f

passive solar heating, 445f

preventing water pollution in, 267

superinsulated, 459f

thermal images of, 442, 442f–443f

Houston, Texas, 35

Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest,

New Hampshire, 237

Human activities

and climate change, 122, 216

environmental health hazards from,

78–80

and extinctions, 378

and greenhouse gas accumulation,

223, 224

and nitrogen cycle, 110

and phosphorus cycle, 113

and tropical rain forest destruction, 142

Humanely raised and handled animals,

368

Human impacts, 2, 4–11

IPAT equation assessment of, 10–11

on natural flow of water, 247, 247f

on oceans, 284–290

population growth and resource con-

sumption, 6–7, 9–11

rich–poor country gap, 4–6

on rivers and streams, 144

on wildfires, 154

Human population patterns, 165–167,

168f–169f, 169t. See also Population

growth

Humus, 310, 310f

Hunting, 385

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking), 428

Hydrocarbons, 197, 198

Hydrogen, solar-generated, 448–449, 449f

Hydrogen bonds, 244, 245

Hydrologic cycle, 107–109, 108f, 245,

245f, 246f, 324f

Hydropower, 454–455, 454f, 455f

Hydrosphere, 99

Hydrothemal reservoirs, 456

Hypotheses, 18

Hypoxia, 293

I

Iceland

Eyjafjallajokull volcano, 199f

geothermal power plant, 457f

as volcanic island, 299

Igneous rocks, 301, 301f

Illinois, 8, 8f

Immigration, 161

Incentive-based regulations, 67

Georgetown University Intercultural
Center, Washington, D.C., 446f
Geosciences, 16
Geothermal energy, 456, 457f
deep, 456, 457f
shallow, 456, 457
Germany
Black Forest, 235, 236f
Messel Pit, 150f
renewable energy in, 48, 48t
Germany Valley, West Virginia, 135f
Germplasm, 356
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Cascade
Range, Washington, 340f
Glaciers, 216, 217t
Glass recycling, 405, 406
Global distillation effect, 190
Global environmental issues, 14f–15f
Global warming, 14f, 15f, 216. See also
Climate change
Global water issues, 251–254, 252f–254f
Goats, 138, 138f
Gold, 307
Goodall, Jane, 58f
Gotland Island, Sweden, 34f
Government-owned lands, 322. See also
Federal lands
Grand Banks, Atlantic Ocean, 62f
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona,
337f
Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River,
Washington State, 255f
Grangemouth, United Kingdom, 13f
Grasslands, 131f
rangelands, 333–335, 333f
savanna, 140, 140f, 140t
temperate, 136, 136f, 136t
wooded, 130f
Gray water, 256
Great Sand Dunes National Park,
Colorado, 320, 320f–321f
Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
65f, 337f
Green architecture, 457, 463
Greenbelt Movement (Kenya), 56
Green chemistry, 413
“Green” forestry, 328
Greenhouse effect, enhanced, 41, 224
Greenhouse gases, 223, 224, 224f, 225f
and climate warming, 233
dealing with, 229
Green revolution, 356–357, 361
Green roofs, 8, 8f
Gross domestic product (GDP), 63
Gross primary productivity (GPP), 105
Groundwater, 245, 246f
Groundwater pollution, 263, 263f
Groundwater recharge, 245
Growth rate, 161
Guanajuato, Mexico, 251
Gulf of California, Mexico, 250f

Gulf of Mexico, 293, 293f, 293t, 428–430,

429f

Gulf Stream, 275, 275f

Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia,

343f

Guwahati, India, 331f

Gyres, 274

H

Habitat corridors, 326

Habitat fragmentation, 358, 382

Habitats, 113

bird, 380

destruction/fragmentation/degrada-

tion of, 382

marine, 284

protecting, 386–387

restoring, 387–388

Haeckel, Ernst, 98

Haiti earthquake (2010), 300

Hanging Rock State Park, North Carolina,

101f

Harrison, Benjamin, 52

Hawaii, 218f, 342f

Hawaiian Islands, formation of, 299

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii,

342f

Hayes, Denis, 55

Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), 198

Hazardous waste, 409–415

cleanup of, 413f

high-tech, 415

managing, 412–414

production of, 413–414

types of, 409–411

Health hazards. See Environmental health

hazards

Hearst Tower, Manhattan, 463, 463f

Herbicides, 364

Herbivores, 102, 102f

Heritable variation, 148

Hetch Hetchy Valley, California, 53, 53f

Hibernia oil platform, Grand Banks, At-

lantic Ocean, 62f

High-grade ores, 302

High-input agriculture, 353. See also Indus-

trialized agriculture

High-level radioactive wastes, 436

Highly developed countries, 4, 6

birth and infant mortality rates in, 170,

171f

consumption in, 9

population stabilization in, 172

High-tech waste, 415

Hill, Julia “Butterfly,” 346, 346f

Hindman, Kentucky, 308

Hoh Rain Forest, Washington State, 134f

Holdren, John P., 10

Honduras, 89f

Hormones, 92, 358