Environmental problems we face -- Minerals and rocks -- Soils - our most important natural resources -- Soil problems - erosion and pollution -- Slop stability and landslides -- Clean water -- Streams and floods -- Water quality and pollution -- Solid waste -- Shorelines, erosion wetlands, and pollution -- eartquakes and plate tectonics -- Volcanoes and eruptions -- Nonfuel mineral resources and the environment -- Energy from fossil fuels -- Energy from alternative sources -- Energy from nuclear power -- Our air and its quality

1. Environmental geology