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National Health and Nutrition Examination Nesjavellir geothermal power station, noise pollution, 369
Survey, 386 Iceland, 617f nonconsumptive use, 415
National Invasive Species Act of 1996, 110 net energy, 541 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 197
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), net metering, 600, 608 See also specific organizations
314, 439 net primary production (NPP), 129, 130f nonmarket values, 168–169, 169f
National Oceanic and Atmospheric net primary productivity, 129, 129f non-point source pollution, 426
Administration (NOAA), 133 neurotoxins, 388 nonrenewable energy sources, 22
National Organic Standards Board, neutrons, 42, 42f nonrenewable natural resources, 21, 664–665,
275–276 Nevada, 344 665f
National Park Service, 341 Las Vegas, 358f Nordhaus, Ted, 195
national parks, 341f New College of California, 681 Nordhaus, William, 571
National Priorities List, 646 new forestry, 337 North America
National Science Foundation, 31 New Mexico deforestation, 329–330
National Toxicology Program, 399 biofuel station, 588f ecological restoration in, 110–111
National Water Quality Assessment Program, grazing, 252 quagga mussels in, 107f
386, 390 Malpai Borderlands, 252–253 total fertility rate, 219t
national wildlife refuge, 341–342 New Orleans, 159f, 518 zebra mussels in, 107f
Native Americans new renewable energy. See also renewable North American Free Trade Agreement
environmental justice, 158 energy (NAFTA), 196
expropriation of land, 191 advantages, 601–602 eliminating trade barriers, 196f
farming systems, 236 converting to, 563 North American Plate, 52
land set-asides and, 344 geothermal energy, 616–618 North Atlantic Gyre, 453
native plants, 681 growth of, 600–601, 601f North Carolina, 492f
natural capital, 32 hydrogen, 620–622 North Hennepin College, 681–682
natural experiments, 30 ocean energy sources, 618–620 North Slope, Alaska, 548–549
natural gas, 22, 33, 543, 546. See also fossil policy and investment, 602–603 oil drilling, 549f
fuel(s) solar energy, 606–612 Northland College, 681
components, 46 wind energy, 610–611, 612–616 Northwest Forest Plan, 334
hydraulic fracturing for, 180–182, 181f new urbanism, 363, 363f Norway, 332
natural hazards, 57–61 New York (State) Notestein, Frank, 219
risks, 61 Adirondack State Park, 344 no-till agriculture, 232f, 244–246, 245f
worsening or mitigating impacts, 61 hydrofracking in, 182, 184, 190, 193 benefits of, 246t
natural rate of population change. See rate of Institute of Ecosystem Studies carbon content, 248f
natural increase in Millbrook, 104 climate change, 248–249
natural resources, 21 New York City, 372, 372f in Iowa, 233–234
consumption, 22–23, 32–33 Central Park, 365f, 492f no-till drill, 246f
economies within, 160f drinking water reservoirs, 368f in U.S., 247f
nonrenewable, 21 Fresh Kills Landfill, 626f, 627–628 not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY), 615–616
reliance on, 21 High Line Park, 366f novel communities, 106
renewability of, 21, 22f PlaNYC sustainability program, 372t novelas, reproductive rates and, 222–223
renewable, 21, 22, 22f, 32 tracking trash, 638f nuclear energy, 574. See also energy
sustainability and, 32 Newfoundland, Canada, 459f coal-fired plants vs., 576t
Natural Resources Conservation Service Newmark, William, 347 fossil fuel energy vs., 575–576, 576t
(NRCS), 243–244 NewPage Corporation, 325 potential energy as, 48
Natural Resources Defense Council, 378 POTICO and, 332 uranium and, 574–575
natural sciences, 26, 30 NGOs. See nongovernmental organizations nuclear fission, 574, 574f
natural selection, 68. See also Darwin’s theory of Nicaragua, 60 nuclear fusion, 576–577, 576f
evolution by natural selection niche, 79 nuclear power, 570f, 573–584
breeding of domesticated animals and, 70 Nielsen, Arlis, 233–234, 254, 256–257 accidents, 40–41, 577–579
diversity shaped by, 68 Nielsen, Todd, 233–234, 254, 256–257 growth of, dilemmas regarding, 584
evidence of, 70 Nigeria, 561 producers, 574t
evolution and, 68 nile perch (Lates niloticus), 306f nuclear reactors, 574, 575f
features, driving, 68f Niller, Peter, 452–453 accident, 40–41, 577–579
logic of, 68 NIMBY. See not-in-my-backyard fission in, 574, 574f
organisms shaped by, 68 nitrates, 255f, 370f nuclear waste
predation and, 96f nitric oxide (NO), 144, 491f disposal, 582–584
Naturalist (Wilson, Edward O.), 312 nitrification, 144 storage, 582f
nature nitrogen (N), 41 U.S. sites for, 583f
energy sources, 538–539 atmospheric, 141, 468f nuclear weapons, 582
and people, 21 cycle, 141, 141f nucleic acids, 47, 47f
people valuing connections with, 311–312 entering aquatic systems, 123, 127f nutrient pollution, 123, 427
sustainable technologies imitating, 687 percentage of air, 42t tackling, 146
Nature, 262, 284–285, 383, 508 sources entering Chesapeake Bay, 126, 127f, nutrient(s), 129
Nature Conservancy, 197, 316 146f cycles, 135
Nebraska, 191f, 268f, 412f nitrogen dioxide, 478 plant needs, 234f
negative feedback loop, 124, 124f, 125 nitrogen fixation, 141–142
climate change and, 505 nitrogen oxides, 476f, 477, 477f
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 594 nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 144 O
nene, 67f, 79–80 nitrous oxide (N O), 144 O’ahu, 75
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neoclassical economics, 161 Nixon, Richard, 192 oak woodland, 118f
I-14 environmental impact of, 164–165 no-analog communities, 106 Oakland, California, 58

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