Works such as Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962), Garrett Hardin’s “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1968), Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb (1968), Donella H. Meadows’ The Limits to Growth (1972), and Edward Goldsmith’s Blueprint for Survival (1972) suggested that the planetary...
Earth architecture is built on a far-reaching history. Its story continues to be told through aged structures that have stood the test of time. Across the world, indigenous earth construction techniques have been pioneered by many ancient civilizations. Communities originally built shelters from earth...
Frontmatter : Global Population History, Geopolitics, and Life on EarthBashfordAlisonBashford, A., 2014. Global population: history, geopolitics, and life on earth. New York: Columbia University Press.
Thus, the population problem throughout most of history was how to prevent extinction of the human race.This pattern is important to notice. Not only does it put the current problems of demographic growth into a historical perspective, but it suggests that the cause of rapid increase in ...
Research areas: Ecology and Evolution; Seaweeds; Seagrasses; Population dynamics; Modelling; Numerical Methods Vasco Vieira graduated in University of Algarve in 1999, where he also completed his MsC in 2004 and completed his PhD in 2011. He worked in CCMar (University of Algarve) until 2011. ...
Earth History and Biodiversity is a full Open Access journal which publishes research results on the interplay between biodiversity and the evolution of the Earth's physical environment (atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere) with the aim of bridging the gap between geosciences and biology. Climate …...
population, according to NOAA. 41. The Pacific Ocean is the biggest basin (Image credit: NOAA) The Pacific Ocean is by far Earth's largest ocean basin, covering an area of about 63 million square miles (163 million square kilometers) and containing more than half of the free water on ...
GIS evolved in part from the work of cartographers, who produce two types of maps: general-purpose maps, which contain many different themes, and thematic maps, which focus on a single theme such as soil, vegetation, zoning, population density, or roads. These thematic maps are the backbone...
Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of the Americas, is brimming with an incredible menagerie of life. This is the plan to keep it that way.
Our ecosystem is the culmination of a long dialogue between life and the environment, a dialogue orchestrated by the rules of evolution. When individuals are almost identical, they'll be in varied circumstances, and in the population of these individuals, some will have a small particularity.我们...