Paul R. Ehrlich
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Paul Ralph Ehrlich was an American biologist, author, and environmentalist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion.
Ehrlich in 1974
Ehrlich speaking in 2008
A large increase in global food production since the 1960s and a slowing of population growth have, within the current context of continued depletion of non-renewable resources, averted the scale of food shortage, famine and catastrophe foretold by the Ehrlichs.
The Population Bomb
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The Population Bomb is a 1968 book co-authored by former Stanford University professor Paul R. Ehrlich and former Stanford senior researcher in conservation biology Anne H. Ehrlich. From the opening p
Paul R. Ehrlich
…1973 as a biological preserve and as a long-term research facility for faculty and students. Ehrlich became well known for the controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb, which he co-authored with his wife Anne H. Ehrlich, in which they famously stated that "[i]n the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to…
The Population Bomb