Earth In Crisis Mountains, northwest of Lhasa, Tibet. 1996 Geology 101.
Humanity is on a collision course with Earth's life support system.
Although the most severely and immediately affected will be the developing countries with rapidly expanding populations, all nations will eventually be affected. To inform students of the enormous and increasingly severe problems related to overpopulation, excessive consumption of resources, poor land use, and pollution of air and water. To compare patterns of resource distribution and consumption, air and water pollution, and population trends, and to evaluate the effects of these problems on the regional and global environment. To explore methods that may help to reduce the impact of people on the environment. Lectures and examinations are the same in the two sections.