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ground source heat pumps (GSHPs), 618, 618f Hayes, Tyrone, 393f education and, 384
ground-level ozone, 478 hazardous waste, 628, 642–647. See also spread of, 228f
groundwater, 139, 409, 410f radioactive waste human impact
bottled water and mining, 417–418 contaminated sites, 645–647 climate change and, 522–524, 524f
contamination, 430–431 corrosive, 642 on extinction, 77, 300f
depletion, 416–417 dangers, 642 greenhouse gases, 504f
hydrologic cycle and, 409, 411 deep-well injection, 645, 645f habitat loss, 303f
pollution from sanitary landfills, 631f disposal process, 644–645, 645f on natural hazards, 61
Group of 38 (G-38), 200 diverse, 642 new geologic epoch and, 56–57, 57f
GSHPs. See ground source heat pumps dumping, 644, 644f on terrestrial ecosystems, 33f
Guatemala, Maya Biosphere Reserve, 345 e-waste, 642–643, 646–647, 646f, 647f human population growth, 208–209
Guillette, Elizabeth, 394, 396–397 heavy metals, 642 birth rates, 218
Guillette, Louis, 393, 393f household, 642, 644f carrying capacity and, 214
Guinea, 656f ignitable, 642 causes, 211f
Gulf of Mexico organic compounds, 642 in China, 207–208
dead zone, 428–429, 429f reactive, 642 consequences, 211f
Deepwater Horizon oil spill and, 556–559 surface impoundments, 645 consumption of resources and, 32–33
Guyana, 332 toxic, 642, 646–647 death rates, 218
U.S., 642–643 demographic transition, 219–220
Healey, Ben, 603 distribution, 215f
H health emigration, 218
H1N1 swine flu, 382 education, 227 environmental impact of, 22, 22f, 32–33,
Haber, Fritz, 144 sprawl and, 359 211–213
Haber-Bosch process, 144 Healthy Forests Restoration Act, 339 factors driving, 22
Haberl, Helmut, 212–213, 212f heating hydrogen bonds, 45 family planning and, 221–224
habitat, 79 heavy metals, 642 global rate of, 219f
habitat fragmentation, 302, 302f, 346f leaching, e-waste and, 646, 646f immigration, 218
Amazonian rainforest, 348–349 Henneman, Laurie, 274 international rates of, 209f
island biogeography theory and, 346–347 herbicides, 273 nations encouraging, 210–211
preserves and, 345–346 no-till agriculture and use of, 246 as problem, 208–213
habitat loss, 301–302 resistance, 283f resource consumption and, 23
habitat selection, 79 herbivores, 97f, 99 sustainability and, 227–228
habitat use, 79 savanna, 115 TFR and, 218–219
habitats, 681 herbivory, 94t, 97–98, 97f U.N. projections, 214f
Hadley cells, 473 heterotrophs, 50, 129 human population(s), 80, 81
Haiti Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, 337, 337t, age structure, 81
earthquake in, 58, 59f 343 birth and death rates, 84, 84f
ecological footprint, 32f high-pressure system, 471–472 characteristics, 80–81, 83
fertility rates, 224f highway, Serengeti National Park, 294f dynamics, 80–81, 83
Hakalau Refuge, 66–67, 66f, 82–83, 88, 89f High Line Park, New York City, 366f mixing of, 71–72
Haldane, J.B.S., 296 Himalayas, 54 sex ratio, 81
Haleakala silversword, 67f history, 26f size, 80
half-life, 42 HIV. See human immunodeficiency virus Humboldt State University, 680
Hall, Charles, 590–591, 590f Hoegh-Guldberg, Ian, 447 humus, 237
Halliburton, 186–187 Holdren, John, 211 Hunt, Patricia, 380–381
halocarbons, 487 Holocene epoch, 56 Hunt, Terry, 24–25
Hamilton College, 675 home, indoor air pollution sources, 495f Hurricane Katrina, 518
Hampshire College, 682 Home Depot, 341 environmental justice and, 159f
Hanford Nuclear Reservation, 431, 431f Homestead Act of 1862, 191 Hurricane Mitch, 60
happiness, family income vs., 686f Honduras, 60 Hurricane Rita, 518
Happy Planet Index, 172f honeybee, 107, 272, 272f Hurricane Sandy, 517–519, 517f
happyface spider, 67f honeycreeper, 65f, 66, 69, 73, 82–83 hurricanes, 474, 474f, 517–519, 517f
Harare, Zimbabwe, 115f Hong Kong, 217f Hussein, Saddam, 320
Hardin, Garrett, 183 Hopkinsville Community College, 678 hybrid cars, 28f, 565f
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act horizons (soil), 237, 237f hydraulic fracturing, 180, 552–553, 553f
of 2009, 664 hormone disruption, 388f hydrocarbons, 46–47, 46f
Harford Community College, Maryland, 673 horseshoe crabs, potential medical hydroelectric power, 592–594
harmful algal blooms, 455 benefits, 311f hydrofracking (hydraulic fracturing), 180–181,
Harter, John, 561 hotspots, 59, 59f 180f, 181f, 184
Harvard University, 682 trophic levels, 98 pollution, 183f, 190f, 557, 559
Hattala, Kathryn, 104 housing development, 302f Safe Water Drinking Act, 187
Hawai‘i, 59, 59f Houston toad, 77 hydrogen, 41, 43f, 45–46, 620–622
climate change, impacts of, 523f Hubbert, M. King, 550 costs/benefits, 622
coffee production, 91 Hubbert’s peak, 550 economy, 620–621
diverse species, 67f Hudson, Robyn, 485 fuel, 621–622, 621f
ecotourism, 88, 88f Hudson River ions, 45–46
forest birds, 66–67, 79f, 82–83, 88 hypoxic zones, 131 hydrogen-fueled buses, 621, 621f
introduced species, 88 native mussels and clams, 105 hydrologic cycle, 138–139, 138f
species factory, 74–75 zebra mussels in, 93, 96, 105, 105f groundwater in, 409, 411
Hawaiian honeycreepers, 66, 68f, 69f, 75f, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hydropower, 591f, 592, 594f
I-10 79f, 88 in Africa, 226–227 hydrosphere, 127

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