Researchers analyze 'the environmentalist's paradox'
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 23:22
in Earth & Climate
Global degradation of ecosystems is widely believed to threaten human welfare, yet accepted measures of well-being show that it is on average improving globally, both in poor countries and rich ones. A team of authors writing in the September issue of BioScience dissects explanations for this "environmentalist's paradox."