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Science 9 August 2002:
Vol. 297. no. 5583, pp. 954 - 958
DOI: 10.1126/science.297.5583.954
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Association Affairs

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
Science, Sustainability, and the Human Prospect

Peter H. Raven

In this essay adapted from his Presidential Address to the AAAS annual meeting, Peter Raven reviews the state of modern humans' impact on Earth's global ecosystem and calls for sweeping changes.

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