Annual Editions Environment 02/03

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ISBN: 9780072506822 | 0072506822
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Copyright: 4/1/2002

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Topic Guide

Selected World Wide Web Sites

xii

UNIT 1 The Global Environment: An Emerging World View

Unit Overview

xiv

Ideas Matter: A Political History of the Twentieth-Century Environment

(10)

J. R. McNeill

Environmental Surprises: Planning for the Unexpected

(6)

Chris Bright

The Paradox of Global Environmentalism

(4)

Ramachandra Guha

Harnessing Corporate Power to Heal the Planet

(8)

L. Hunter Lovins

Amory B. Lovins

UNIT 2 The World's Population: People and Hunger

Unit Overview

(2)

The Population Surprise

(2)

Max Singer

Population Control Today---and Tomorrow?

(4)

Jacqueline R. Kasun

Population and Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know

(7)

Robert W. Kates

Feeding the World in the New Millennium: Issues for the New U.S. Administration

(7)

Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Escaping Hunger, Escaping Excess

(9)

Gary Gardner

Brian Halweil

Growing More Food With Less Water

(5)

Sandra Postel

UNIT 3 Energy: Present and Future Problems

Unit Overview

(2)

Energy: A Brighter Future? The Economist, February 10, 2001

(2)

Oil, Profit, and the Question of Alternative Energy

(5)

Richard Rosentreter

Here Comes the Sun: Whatever Happened to Solar Energy?

(3)

Eric Weltman

Going to Work for Wind Power

(5)

Michael Renner

Power Struggle: California's Engineered Energy Crisis and the Potential of Public Power

(13)

Harvey Wasserman

UNIT 4 Biosphere: Endangered Species

Unit Overview

(2)

Planet of Weeds

(8)

David Quammen

A Fragile Cornucopia: Assessing the Status of U.S. Biodiversity

100

(11)

Bruce A. Stein

Invasive Species: Pathogens of Globalization

111

(6)

Christopher Bright

Mass Extinction

117

(7)

David Hosansky

Watching vs. Taking

124

(12)

Howard Youth

UNIT 5 Resources: Land, Water, and Air

Unit Overview

134

(2)

The Tragedy of the Commons: 30 Years Later

136

(9)

Joanna Burger

Michael Gochfeld

Where Have All the Farmers Gone?

145

(13)

Brian Halweil

Making Every Drop Count

158

(5)

Peter H. Gleick

Oceans Are on the Critical List

163

(5)

Anne Platt McGinn

Feeling the Heat: Life in the Greenhouse

168

(5)

Michael D. Lemonick

The Human Impact on Climate

173

(7)

Thomas R. Karl

Kevin E. Trenberth

UNIT 6 Pollution: The Hazards of Growth

Unit Overview

178

(2)

Toxic Fertility

180

(7)

Danielle Nierenberg

Groundwater Shock: The Polluting of the World's Major Freshwater Stores

187

(10)

Payal Sampat

Water Quality: The Issues

197

(7)

Mary H. Cooper

It's a Breath of Fresh Air

204

(3)

David Whitman

Appendix I. Environmental Information Retrieval

207

(8)

Glossary

215

(6)

Index

221

(3)

Test Your Knowledge Form

224

(1)

Article Rating Form

225

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