Although teaching of environmental physics and energy-related topics has increased in the last several years, only a small portion of that has been for non-science majors. Environmental physical science can be used to teach physics to non-science majors by applying learned physics concepts to current issues of interest such as climate change,…

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In the biology community there has been a call for integrating lessons on population growth rate and the human population crisis into biology classrooms. Ecologists fear that students do not understand the relationship between the magnitude of the human population growth and Earth's carrying capacity, as well as some basic ecological concepts. The…

Using module-based courses has been suggested to improve undergraduate science courses. A course based around a series of modules focused on major environmental issues might be an effective way to teach non-science majors about ecology and ecology's role in helping to solve environmental problems. I have used such a module-based environmental…

Until the early 1970s, ecologists generally assumed that erratic fluctuations observed in natural populations were a product of stochastic noise. It is now known that extremely complex dynamics can arise from basic deterministic processes. This field of study is generally called chaos theory. Here, a computer program, SLAC (Stability, Limits, And…

This report of a 1969 Environmental Sciences Institute includes presentations from authorities on environmental problems, the discussion following some presentations, references, and the results of a panel discussion which involved all conference speakers. Papers presented were: "Is There an Ecological Crisis?""The Challenge of…

Uses population growth models to calculate the theoretical suppression of reproduction achieved by releasing irradiated male moths carrying genetic sterility factors. Shows that releasing partially sterile males should be more effective than releasing fully sterile males. Discusses the costs and advantages of applying this approach to the control…

Presents questions from readers and answers to their questions. Topics in this article include population growth, corrosion in fuel lines, and effect of cooling on seeds and sperm. (RH)

Gives an overview of human history, relating cultural changes with resulting changes in population density and in ecological balance to patterns of infectious diseases in man. Discusses mechanisms of evolution of resistance. Suggests that in populations where infectious diseases can be controlled, attention should shift to degenerative diseases…

The question is not whether we will accommodate ourselves to the earth's systems and resources, but how we will do so; education can play an important role in this. (DS)

Presented at the Symposium on Marine Sciences at the Annual Meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York, December 1967.

This is a discussion of the lifeboat metaphor as it applies to the present population dilemma. (BB)