Population, consumption drive global climate change and environmental degradation


	Population, consumption drive global climate change and environmental degradation

JICWyllie

12-28-2007 6:34 AM

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environment, i-climate change, i-degradation, i-pollution, i-research, i-overpopulation, i-consequences

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Through the creation of a research program called STIRPAT, the trio of researchers has developed a highly refined way of systematically and empirically assessing the human-generated factors that drive adverse environmental impacts. Using the STIRPAT statistical model, they have examined various greenhouse gases and the "ecological footprint," a quantitative measurement of the stress placed on the environment by demands for available lands and resources to meet the need for food, housing, transportation, consumer goods and services.</DIV>
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