[Phys-L] National Geographic - 8 Part Special Series: 7 Billion

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent post 
"National Geographic - 8 Part Special Series: 7 Billion" [Hake 
(2013)].

Q. What does overpopulation have to do with Phys-L?

A. Please see the Bartlett signature quote.

The titles are (in order of publication):

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"Population 7 Billion: How your world will change" <http://bit.ly/UcyQBl>;

"Enter the Anthropocene Age of Man" <http://bit.ly/134FbE6>;

"The Acid Sea" <http://bit.ly/Unp40r>;

"The Coming Storm: The people of Bangladesh have much to teach us 
about how a crowded planet can best adapt to rising sea levels. For 
them the future is now" <http://bit.ly/12Z2oZl>;

"Food Arc" <http://bit.ly/134HcjQ>;

"Machisma: How a mix of female empowerment and steamy soap operas 
helped bring down Brazil's fertility rate and stoke its vibrant 
economy" <http://bit.ly/VvjzMu>;

"Rift in Paradise: Africa's Albertine Rift" <http://bit.ly/ZcVjUQ>;

"The City Solution" <http://bit.ly/S5wUPh>.
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To access the complete 5 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/Xk2yKl>.

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"In our classrooms and in our lives as scientists, we must 
acknowledge that overpopulation is the world's most serious and 
threatening problem and that this problem requires immediate and 
urgent attention."
-A.A. Bartlett (2012)

REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 02 Jan 2013.'
Bartlett, A.A. 2012. "The Meaning of Sustainability," Teachers 
Clearinghouse for Science and Society Education Newsletter 31(1); 
online at <http://bit.ly/SyM0t8>.

Hake, R.R. 2012. "L.A. Times Population Report: Beyond 7 Billion," 
online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/Ufro6y>. Post 
of 5 Dec 2012 14:23:20-0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and 
link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion 
lists and are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at 
<http://bit.ly/YBNFUU> with a provision for comments.

Hake, R.R. 2013. "National Geographic - 8 Part Special Series: 7 
Billion," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at 
<http://bit.ly/Xk2yKl>. Post of 2 Jan 2013 15:45:29 -0800 to AERA-L 
and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being 
transmitted to several discussion lists and are also on my blog 
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/RtO5Zf> with a provision for 
comments.  See also the earlier "L.A. Times Population Report: Beyond 
7 Billion" [Hake (2012)].