"I've seen the Sudan, traveled in South and Central America and been all over Europe, but I've never seen what I've been able to see on this tour of the Loess Plateau, China]."
-Ed Skidmore, soil scientist, Wind
Erosion Research Unit of the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Manhattan, Kansas
Overpopulation is at the core of most environmental problems. The impacts of continued growth-with world population reaching 6 billion in October 1999-are felt in most parts of the world. China, the most populous nation, illustrates many of the pivotal problems-and solutions.
Although...