GS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Antarctic Treaty System, Peak Oil, Kyoto Protocol

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Steger text: discussion of climate change. The interdependence of people has never been more obvious than it is today however our dependence on the environment to maintain our wasteful lifestyles is at the forefront in today"s society. This is largely an issue we have created for ourselves in the past few decades where the speed, scale and depth of the earth"s environmental decline are unprecedented. With the explosion in population human demands have put severe pressure on the environment to produce, especially with the consumption levels in. The effects of overconsumption can be seen especially through the famines being experienced in haiti and the philippines. Additionally with the rising costs of oil and the diversion of food staples for other uses (energy) our production levels are even harder to maintain. Another concern of rapid population expansion is decreasing ecological diversity since the destruction of wetlands, and over farming soils has destroyed many ecological habitats.

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