Population Bomb Author's Fix For Next Extinction: Educate Women
Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 11:42
in Biology & Nature
It’s an uncomfortable thought: Human activity causing the extinction of thousands of species, and the only way to slow or prevent that phenomenon is to have smaller families and forego some of the conveniences of modern life, from eating beef to driving cars, according to Stanford University scientists Paul Ehrlich and Robert Pringle. [More]
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