biodegradation of, 17–18, 18, 125–26, 127–28
consumption after 1945, 118–19
ecological damage from, 119–20
natural polymers, 118
particles polluting the oceans, 113–14, 114–16, 116–18, 118–19, 119–20, 120–23, 123–24, 124–25, 125–26, 126–28
photodegradation of, 126
rubber, 130–32
Styrofoam, 118, 131
plastic; plastic particles
POPs (persistent organic pollutants), 159, 165
population, 271–72
control of, 272–73
Portland cement, 175
Potts, Rick, 70
Poulton, Paul, 162–64
primates and monkeys, 45–46, 47–48, 50–51
and AIDS, 86–87
primates
baboons, 87
chimpanzees, 45, 46–47, 47–48, 50–51
gorillas, 51
spider monkeys, 3
Pripyat (Russia), 216
Rackham, Oliver, 150–51
radio-transmission towers
danger to birds, 193–94
radio waves, 274
radiation, 36, 202–3
birds, effect on, 214–16
genetic mutations, 217, 217–18
meltdowns, 212–13, 213–14, 214–16
ultraviolet rays, 203–4
at various weapons sites, 207–8, 208–9
Chernobyl, nuclear fission; plutonium; uranium
radiation waste, 202–3
hazard to animals, 209
storage of, 206–8, 208–9
vitrification, 208
Rathje, William, 119–20
reactors, 36, 209–11, 212, 213, 212–13, 213–14, 214–16
meltdowns, 212–13, 213–14, 214–16
red-crowned cranes, 186–87
Rewilding Institute, 271
rhinos. See
black rhinos
Riddle, Chris, 15
Rio Chagres, 175–76, 177–79
Rocky Flats (CO), 207–8, 208–9
caution signs, 209
Rocky Mountain Arsenal (CO), 207
Rohwer, Forest, 261–62, 273–74
Roosevelt, Theodore, 66, 174, 181, 181–82
Rossi, Mark, 245–46
Rothamsted Manor (Harpenden, U.K.), 151, 151–53, 153–57, 157–159, 162–165
specimen collection, 154–57
Rothamsted Research, 152–53, 153–57, 157–59, 162–65
Broadbalk and Geescroft Wildernesses, 162–64, 164
Roundup (glyphosate), 161
Rowland, F. Sherwood, 204
rubber, 130–32
plantations, 2–3
synthetic rubber, 131–32
tires, 130–31
vulcanization, 130–31
Sagan, Carl, 248–51, 252
Sagrada Familia basilica, 19
Sahara Desert, 75–76, 168
Sala, Enric, 259, 264, 264–65
Salzman, Linda, 249
San Francisco Bay Area
BART subway system, 105
San Francisco Peaks
erosion of, 120–21
Sanderson, Eric, 22–23, 32–33
Santa Cruz River, 65
Santi, Ana Maria, 1–3
Santian, Noonkokwa, 85
Santian, Partois ole, 83, 84–86, 86–87
Savannah River Site (SC)
Defense Waste Processing Facility, 207–8
Scherbov, Sergei, 272
Schuber, Paul, 24–26
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 256
Serengeti Plain (Tanzania), 84–86
Seven Wonders of the World, 172–73
Shakespeare Garden (Cental Park, NYC), 30
Ship Channel, 134, 135
Chinese tallow tree, 140–41, 143–44
without humans, 142, 143
Siberian tigers, 190
Sinan, Mimar, 102
slavery
Africa, effect on, 77–78
