Ecological strain and economic stratification could lead to the global fall of modern civilization within decades, researchers warn in a disturbing new study sponsored by NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center. History shows that complex, advanced civilizations from the Roman to Han empires are capable of collapse..., [b]y investigating the human-nature dynamics of these past cases of collapse, the project identifies the most salient interrelated factors which explain civilizational decline, and which may help determine the risk of collapse today: namely, Population, Climate, Water, Agriculture, and Energy. Over the past 5,000 years of human history, the stretching of resources due to the strain placed on the ecological carrying capacity, and the division of society into Elites (rich) and Commoners (poor) as a result of the previously menioned factors have appeared across societies that have collapsed, states the study. commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/15-1
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:29:09 +0000
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