The Population ExplosionThe Population Explosion vividly describes how the Earth's population, growing by 95 million people a year, is rapidly depleting the planet's resources, resulting in famine, global warming, acid rain, and other major problems. Paul and Anne Ehrlich also clearly and concisely point to immediate action that will lessen the threat of ruin and begin to build a more peaceful, sane, and secure world. |
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... result has been a continuous ero- sion of the nutritional status of Africans and in some areas a stagnation of ... resulting from the manifold conse- quences of overpopulation . Crop yields in Nigeria in the 1980s were lower than they ...
... result has been a continuous ero- sion of the nutritional status of Africans and in some areas a stagnation of ... resulting from the manifold conse- quences of overpopulation . Crop yields in Nigeria in the 1980s were lower than they ...
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... result from technical innovations stimulated by famines . On the other hand , some of the assumptions about carrying ... results were not predictions , simply indications of the nature of problems that may occur if the global warming ...
... result from technical innovations stimulated by famines . On the other hand , some of the assumptions about carrying ... results were not predictions , simply indications of the nature of problems that may occur if the global warming ...
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... result of some externally caused cataclysm . Possible causes for such a catastrophe include Earth's being sideswiped by a comet with a very erratic orbit or struck by an unusually large meteorite , either of which could have hurled ...
... result of some externally caused cataclysm . Possible causes for such a catastrophe include Earth's being sideswiped by a comet with a very erratic orbit or struck by an unusually large meteorite , either of which could have hurled ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Why Isnt Everyone as Scared as We Are? | 13 |
The OneTime Bonanza | 24 |
Copyright | |
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