Wednesday, February 4, 2009

New BBC op-ed about popultion growth


Population: The Elephant in the Room (BBC News)

Uncontrolled population growth threatens to undermine efforts to save the planet, warns John Feeney. In this week's Green Room, he calls on the environmental movement to stop running scared of this controversial topic.
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Citations

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Mathews, F. (2008). You are what your mother eats: evidence for maternal preconception diet influencing foetal sex in humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society.

Meadows, et al (2004) "Limits of Growth: the 30-Year Update." Chelsea Green Publishing Company, White River Junction, VT.

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For video of the mouse infestation, visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LMxhc8WwGU

Wells and Stock (2007)“The Biology of the Colonizing Ape” Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 50: 191.