Compelling essays, informative sidebars, and detailed maps help readers to explore the range of current and impending challenges that the planet faces as a result of global warming. Readers will explore population, resources, and conflict from a variety of expert perspectives. Readers will study the link between population dynamics and resources. They will assess the population’s impact on climate change. Vulnerable populations are explained. The last chapter conveys the essential goal, which is how we should reduce the harmful human imprint on the natural world.