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hydrothermal vents, 51, 51f industrial smog, 482, 482f hydrogen, 43
hypothesis, 28f, 29, 30f industrial smog, 482, 482f Iowa
experiments disproving, 30 industrial solid waste, 628, 640–642 industrial agriculture, 239f
publication, 30–31 industrial stage (demographic transition), 220 no-till agriculture in, 232f, 233–234, 243,
testing, 30, 30f industrialization, 22, 220 245
theory vs., 31 air pollution and, 481–482 soil fertility, 239, 239f
hypothesis-driven science, 28 fishing, 456–457 IPAT model, 210–211
hypoxia, 123 urbanization and, 355–357 IPCC. See Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Gulf of Mexico, 428–429, 429f industry Change
sustainable, 640–641 Iran
water use, 424 fertility rates, 224f
I infant mortality rates population control policy, 224
ice, floating, 46f pollution intensity and, 485f Iraq, 224f
ice, melting infectious disease, 379, 382–383, 382f marsh restoration, 320
effects of, 516 inherent value, 154 Ireland, 613f
feedback loop, 125 inorganic compounds, 46–47 iron, 42t
rising temperatures, 57 inorganic fertilizer, 253–254, 254f irrigation, 250–253, 415
ice cores, climate history and, 507f, 508–509, insecticides, 273 agriculture, 416f
508f, 509f insects center-pivot, 251f
Iceland, geothermal power plant in, 617f conservation biologists’ sampling, 313f conventional, 251f
Idaho, 344 pollination, 272 drip, 251f
igneous rock, 54f, 55, 55f species, 297f flood-and-furrow, 251f
‘i‘iwi, 67f Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New island biogeography theory, 346–347
Illinois York, 104 island nations, sea level rise and, 529f
drought, 520f instrumental value, 154 islands
restoring ecosystems, 317 integrated pest management (IPM), 274–275, extinction vulnerability of species, 77
Illinois River, 93 275f habitat fragmentation, 346–347, 347f
immigration, 84 intercropping, 244, 245f species, 347f
population change and, 218, 218f interdisciplinary field, 26 isotopes, 42–43, 42f
incineration, 633–634, 633f Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Israel
income, happiness and, 686f (IPCC), 510 ecological footprint, 32f
An Inconvenient Truth, 523–524 climate change impacts predicted by, peace park, 345
independent variables, 29 523–524 ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus
India Fourth Assessment Report, 511t principalis), 300f
ecological footprint, 32f spatial changes in organisms, 519–520
environmental footprint, 231t international environmental policy, J
fossilized elephant skull, 76f 195–197 Jackson Glacier, Montana, 516f
grazing, 250 climate negotiations, 528–529 Jacobson, Mark, 581, 603–605, 604f
Green Revolution in, 265, 265f EU and, 196–197 Jagdeo, Bharrat, 332
human population, 208, 208f, 214f NGOs and, 197 James, Helen, 74
population, 214 UN and, 196 Japan, 114f
population control policies, 224 World Bank and, 196 basalt rock, 55
savanna, 115 WTO and, 197 earthquake and tsunami of 2011,
solar cooker, 607f International Union for the Conservation of 40–41
tropical dry forest, 115 Nature (IUCN), 301 environmental footprint, 231t
water, 415 International Whaling Commission (IWC), fossil fuel consumption, 562f
wealth of families, 227f 318–319 illegal whaling, 318–319
Indian Ocean tsunami, 61f interspecific competition, 94–95 rice farming, 287
Indonesia, 114f intertidal zones, 445, 445f, 448, 448f sustainable agriculture (aigamo method),
air pollution, 164f intraspecific competition, 94 288f
deforestation in, 332f intrinsic value, 154 tsunami, debris from, 453f
earthquake, 59 introduced species, 88, 106 Japanese white-eye, 83f
ecological footprint, 32f invasive species, 106–107 Java, Indonesia, 114f
integrated pest management, 275, 275f beneficial, 106, 110 Jeffrey, Jack, 66–67, 82f, 83
preserve areas, 345 biodiversity loss and, 304–305, 306f, jet stream, 515f
world’s largest flower, 312f 307 Jordan, 417
indoor air pollution, 493–496 community stability and, 110 Joye, Mandy, 558
in developing nations, 493–494 control and eradication of, 110 Juniata College, 680
fuelwood burning and, 493–494, 494f ecological costs of, 107
home sources, 495f ecological footprint, 120–121
living organisms and, 495–496 economic costs of, 120–121 K
radon and, 384, 384f, 494 introduction, 106 Kahnle, Andrew, 104
reducing, 496 limiting factors and, 110 Kaua’i, 75
tobacco smoke and, 384–385, 494 National Invasive Species Act of 1996, 110 Kazakhstan, 241
VOCs, 494–495 prevention, 110 minerals, 656f
industrial agriculture, 236, 239f inversion layer, 472, 472f Keeling, Charles, 510f
industrial ecology, 640–641 “invisible hand,” 161 kelp, 449, 449f INDEX
industrial revolution, 22, 22f ionic bonds, 43–44 Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, 558f
atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse ionic compounds, 44 Kennebec River, Maine, 422
gases, 504f ionizing radiation, 43 Kennedy, John F., 688, 688f
environmental impact of, 156 ions, 42f, 43 Kennesaw State University, 679 I-11

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