Becklake, John

Examines such recent issues surrounding food production for the world's growing population as the benefits and problems of fertilizers and pesticides, genetic engineering of crops, and overproduction.

Discusses our continually increasing population, its causes and consequences, and efforts by governments and individuals to control its growth.

Examines the problems of both industrial and domestic pollution, their effects on the environment, the issues of international control and responsibility, and the long-term hazards.

Presents facts about the moon's physical makeup and orbit, and explores man's fascination with this celestial body that culminated in lunar landings.

Discusses the damage to the ozone layer created by the dispersal of chemicals into the atmosphere and how pollutants may be causing the earth's climate to change due to the Greenhouse effect.