Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American LifeBloomsbury Academic, 2006 M05 30 - 237 pages Americans during the twentieth-century became more disconnected from the environment and nature than ever before. More Americans lived in cities rather than on farms; they became ever more reliant on technology to interact with the world around them and with each other. Perhaps paradoxically, the twentieth-century also became the period in which environmental issues played an ever-increasing role in politics and public policy. Why is this so? Perhaps because, despite what many people believe, nature and the environment remains central to everyone's daily life. Pollution, environmental degradation, urban sprawl, loss of wildlife and biodiversity - all of these issues directly impact how everyone - even city dwellers - live their lives. |
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... scientists for their strength . This technology now needed to be applied to a bomb delivery system . Eventually , science and the military would be linked in a way never before seen . However , first scientists needed to demonstrate the ...
... scientists involved in developing the bomb believed that atomic technology required controls unlike any previous innovation . Shortly after the bombings , a movement began to establish a global board of scientists who would administer ...
... scientists refer to as the greenhouse effect is actually essential to human existence : The sun warms the earth , and certain gases ( including carbon dioxide and water vapor ) act like the glass of a greenhouse , trap- ping heat and ...