This issue of the Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics includes a set of papers on the
ecological causes and consequences of global environmental change, and on the methods …

▪ Abstract Over the past 20 years, a new scientific discipline based on direct measurement of
human exposure to environmental pollutants has developed. The fundamental principle of …

Elevated summertime temperatures in urban 'heat islands' increase cooling-energy use and
accelerate the formation of urban smog. Except in the city's core areas, summer heat islands …

Adopting our 'cool communities' strategies of reroofing and repaying in lighter colors and
planting shade trees can effect substantial energy savings, directly and indirectly. In our …

An objective, comprehensive, and accessible examination of today's most crucial problem:
preserving the environment in the face of society's insatiable demand for energy. In Energy …

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and science of major air
pollution issues. It begins with an introduction to the basic atmospheric chemistry and the …

An advantage of cap-and-trade programs over more prescriptive environmental regulation is
that compliance flexibility and cost effectiveness can make more stringent emissions …

The US population is increasingly spreading out, moving to the suburbs, and migrating from
the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. This paper uses recent household‐level data sets to study …

Urban areas tend to have higher air temperatures than their rural surroundings as a result of
gradual surface modifications that include replacing the natural vegetation with buildings …

Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are the leading cause of burden of disease worldwide and
have been causally linked with exposure to pollutants from domestic biomass fuels in …