Essay on Warning to Humanity
re-read, analyze and report out on this paper again. You should be very familiar with it, but now you have the time to add support to your answers with additional materials. Please address the following questions:
1. (5 points) In your opinion, what was the most important finding in this paper and which of the figures most clearly demonstrates the impact of humans on the planet?
2. (10 points) Why should we be concerned about that trend you described from the paper? Are there short or long term human health risk or resilience issues?
3. (10 points) Please pick one of the environmental challenges and design an
engineering solution at whatever scale you feel is most appropriate (individual,
family, community, city, global, etc. – it is up to you)
4. (10 points) Choosing that intervention, how would that improve the conditions of
the Earth and/or its inhabitants and how would you test the effectiveness?