Earth report 2000 : revisiting the true state of the planet

Book

Earth report 2000 : revisiting the true state of the planet / Ronald Bailey, editor.

Summary:

Takes a close-up, objective look at the ecological health of planet Earth at the new millennium, offering ten scholarly essays on a wide range of environmental and health-related issues. -- Amazon

Record details

ISBN: 0071342605
ISBN: 9780071342605
Physical Description: xix, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : McGraw Hill, ©2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-349) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: The progress explosion: permanently escaping the Malthusian trap / R. Bailey -- How do we know the temperature of the earth? Global warming and global temperatures / Roy Spencer -- Doing more with less: dematerialization-- unsung environmental triumph? / Lynn Scarlett -- World population prospects for the twenty-first century: the specter of "depopulation"? / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Fishing for solutions: the state of the world's fisheries / Michael De Alessi -- Soft energy versus hard facts: powering the twenty-first century / Jerry Taylor and Peter VanDoren -- Richer is more resilient: dealing with climate change and more urgent environmental problems / Indur M. Goklany -- Endocrine disruptors: new toxic menace? / Stephen H. Safe -- Biological diversity: divergent views on its status and diverging approaches to its conservation / Rowan B. Martin -- Benchmarks: the global trends that are shaping our world / Paul Georgia, I. Goklany, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute staff.