Challenged Earth: An Overview Of Humanity's Stewardship Of Earth

Challenged Earth: An Overview Of Humanity's Stewardship Of Earth
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 549
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ISBN-10 : 9781911299141
ISBN-13 : 191129914X
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Book Synopsis Challenged Earth: An Overview Of Humanity's Stewardship Of Earth by : Stephen F Lincoln

Download or read book Challenged Earth: An Overview Of Humanity's Stewardship Of Earth written by Stephen F Lincoln and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-01-11 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book provides a comprehensive insight into the challenges facing humanity and Earth in the 21st century. It opens with a discussion of the domination of all the continents and oceans by a growing human population. This is followed by an appraisal of the extent to which water and food supplies will be able to accommodate this population, which may reach eleven billion by 2100. The rapidly increasing ability to change biology and evolution through genomics is considered next and complements a discussion of disease, which is viewed largely as an evolutionary struggle between humanity and pathogens. A seemingly insatiable demand for energy, future energy supplies and the impact of their use on climate and attempts to ameliorate these effects are next examined. The book concludes with a discussion of the partial destruction of the ozone layer and the international effort to repair the damage./a


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