The text book that is used in conjunction with these notes is also a source of infomation on these topics:

Living in the Environment; Principles, Connections, and Solutions, 11th Edition
by: G. Tyler Miller, Jr.
Wadsworth Publishing Company
Belmont, California: 2000

Notes are arranged by Related Topics and not just by chapters in the text:

Environmental Problems and Their Causes

History of Resource Use and Conservation

Science, Models, and Systems

Nonrewable Energy

Sustainable Energy

Matter and Energy, Resources: Types and Concepts

Matter and Energy: Radiation, Radon, Nuclear Waste

The Greenhouse Effect & Global Warming

Ozone Depletion & Ground Level Ozone

Clarifying the Ground Level Ozone

Air Pollution

Water Pollution

Soid & Hazardous Waste

Oceans and pH

Forests, Diversity and Ecosystems

Elemental Cycling

Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Climates

Geology

 


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