Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900

Historical Developments in Unit 9.3 - Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900

• As human activity contributed to deforestation, desertification, a decline in air quality, and increased consumption of the world's supply of fresh water, humans competed over these and other resources more intensely than ever before.

• The release of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the atmosphere contributed to debates about the nature and causes of climate change.