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Preface; Part I. Introduction, Dynamic Systems, and Change: 1. Socio-Environmental Systems; 2. A Perspective on Dynamic Systems; 3. Change, Sustainability, and Resilience; Part II. People: 4. Where People Live, Communicate, and Interact; 5. People, Societies, Populations, and Changes; 6. Resources, Governments, and Other Social Influences; Part III. Climates: 7. Global Distribution of Climates; 8. Greenhouse Gases, Atmosphere, and Climates; 9. Past and Future Climate Changes; Part IV. Landforms: 10. Landforms and Soils; 11. Bedrock Landforms; 12. Landforms of Transported Materials; Part V. Biodiversity: 13. Biodiversity: Individual Species; 14. Biodiversity: Communities and Landscapes; 15. Robust and Threatened Species, Communities; 16. Managing Biodiversity; Part VI. Water: 17. The Hydrologic Cycle; 18. The Annual Hydrograph and Water Use; 19. Managing and Mitigating the Hydrologic System; Part VII. Agriculture: 20. Food Groups and Nutrition; 21. Agriculture and the Green Revolution; 22. Future Agriculture Production and Distribution; Part VIII. Energy: 23. Energy Sources, the Energy Cycle, Exergy; 24. Conserving Energy and Renewable Energy; 25. Future Energy: Reducing Fossil Fuel Use; Part IX. Minerals: 26. Rocks and Mineral Properties, Mining; 27. Rocks and Minerals: Production, Use, and Distribution; Part X. Forests: 28. Forests, Ecosystem Services, and Timber; 29. Forest Distribution, Area, and Volume Changes; 30. Silviculture, Forest Degradation, and Landscape Management; Part XI. Perspective: 31. Integrating the Environment, Resources, and People; Appendix I. Country Groups Used in Analyses; Appendix II. Elements, Chemical Symbols, Atomic Numbers, and Masses; Index.