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published" title="2009-08-12T12:56:22-04:00"><span class="date">August 12, 2009, <em>12:56 pm</em></span></span>    <h2 class="entry-title">A Billion Teenagers, for Better or Worse</h2> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/author/andrew-c-revkin/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by Andrew C. Revkin">Andrew C. Revkin</a></address>  <div class="entry-content"> <p><a style="margin: 0pt auto; padding: 0px 6px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="aptureLink_FVXueq0PC1" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/11/12/giving/12girls600.1.jpg"><img title="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/11/12/giving/12girls600.1.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" height="237" width="474"/></a></p> <p><a id="aptureLink_2GHbnFuZ9T" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2009/2009wpds.aspx">Fresh population projections</a> put the number of humans over seven billion in 2011, just 12 years after humanity passed the six billion mark. What’s most notable in the new analysis is confirmation that while <a id="aptureLink_ZSYqGRrV7u" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/un-sees-big-drop-in-middle-east-fertility-rates/">fertility rates are dropping</a> in many places, some of the world’s most turbulent and poverty-stricken regions are seeing explosive population growth leading to <a id="aptureLink_8Ngaro2Jaj" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/un-young-old-boom-on-road-to-9-billion/">enormous numbers of teenagers and children</a>. (More evidence that <a id="aptureLink_J7Hp3dqdvv" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/puberty-on-the-scale-of-a-planet/">puberty rules planet Earth</a> at the moment?)</p> <p>Such a <a id="aptureLink_3Om9plcoxU" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/August/subcontinent_August626.xml&section=subcontinent&col=">youth bulge</a> can be an asset if education and economic activity are there to build a work force. But without prospects, the result can be <a id="aptureLink_ZqfoZyK2ql" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.cfr.org/publication/13093/">higher risks of conflict</a>. Look at the population projection for Uganda, showing that country heading to a population of 96 million in 2050 from 31 million today. How does a country like Uganda build schools fast enough, train teachers fast enough and <a id="aptureLink_Coy9cTPiE0" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/26-billion-with-no-place-to-go-to-the-toilet">improve sanitation fast enough</a> to harness the potential in its youth? Ideas welcome.</p> <p>Below you can see a novel tool for <a id="aptureLink_WlyO4H7IOX" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/POP/edu01/pyramids.html">assessing population and education scenarios</a> in sub-Saharan Africa (and elsewhere).</p> <p><a style="margin: 0pt auto; padding: 0px 6px; text-align: center; display: block;" id="aptureLink_d8quTsefcu" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/POP/edu01/pyramids.html"><img title="Future Human Capital" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601im_/http://placeholder.apture.com/ph/400x270_WebClip/" style="border: 0px none ;" height="270" width="400"/></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <ul class="entry-tools"> <li class="email-this"> <form method="post" name="emailThis_7073" id="emailThis_7073" style="display: inline;" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/10/17/science/biology.165span.jpg" class="w165"/></a>Earth鈥檚 veneer of millions of plant and animal species is a vital resource that will need careful tending as human populations and their demands for land, protein and fuels grow.</p> <ul class="refer"> <li><a title="managing planet earth special section" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/20/science/earth/20MANA.html">Managing Planet Earth</a> </li> <li><a title="South America Seeks to Fill the World鈥檚 Table" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/international/americas/12brazil.html ">South America Seeks to Fill the World鈥檚 Table</a></li> <li><a title="Tracking the Imperiled Bluefin" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/science/earth/03tuna.html">Tracking the Imperiled Bluefin</a></li> <li><a title="A Movable 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This narrated slide show describes his extensive travels.</p> </div></div><div class="box module"> <div id="VideoPlayerCCol"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601js_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">NYT_VideoPlayerStart({playerType:"homepage", playlistId:"1194820401358", adxPagename:"dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/video", parentDomId:"1", targetDomId:"VideoPlayerCCol"});</script>  </div><div class="box module"><h4>Video</h4><div class="entry"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.youtube.com/revkin"><img alt="revking at the north pole" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/07/15/science/andy.northpole.jpg" class="callout"/></a> <h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.youtube.com/revkin">Dot Earth on YouTube</a></h5> <p class="summary">Many of the videos featured here can be found on Andrew Revkin's channel on YouTube. Recent reader favorites: </p><ul class="refer"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://youtube.com/watch?v=WVCMBozpoA0&feature=PlayList&p=8AF5D9647F3B67AB&index=1">Dr. James Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://youtube.com/watch?v=H_OJ24AHu8c&feature=PlayList&p=8AF5D9647F3B67AB&index=2">Local Cooking</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://youtube.com/watch?v=JlFIfCETooo&feature=PlayList&p=8AF5D9647F3B67AB&index=3">41 Days at the North Pole</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://youtube.com/watch?v=mW4PbW893ik&feature=PlayList&p=8AF5D9647F3B67AB&index=6">Cuttlefish Camouflage </a></li> </ul> </div></div><div class="box module"><h4>Blogroll</h4><div class="entry clearfix"> <h6 class="kicker">News</h6> <ul class="refer odd"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.sej.org/news/index2.htm" title="Environmental Journalism Today">Environmental Journalism Today (SEJ.org)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/energy" title="Wired Science (Energy; see also /environment)">Wired Science</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/business/green/" title="Business of Green 禄 Business Blog 禄 International Herald Tribune">The Business of Green</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/business/globalization/" title="Managing Globalization 禄 Business Blog 禄 International Herald Tribune">Managing Globalization</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://e360.yale.edu/" title="Environment 360 (Yale)">Environment 360 (Yale)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blog.sciam.com/" title="Sciam Observations: A blog from the editors of Scientific American">Scientific American Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/" title="Climate Feedback (Nature)">Climate Feedback</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/green_room/default.stm" title="BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Green Room">The Green Room</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.scidev.net/" title="SciDev.Net">Science and Development Network</a></li> </ul> <ul class="refer even"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/environment/" title="Dateline Earth">Dateline Earth</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/" title="New Scientist Environment Blog">New Scientist Environment Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/" title="Physics Today News Picks">Physics Today News Picks</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.loe.org/" title="Living on Earth (radio)">Living on Earth (radio)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.environmentreport.org/" title="Environment Report (radio)">Environment Report (radio)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/" title="Environmental Capital (WSJ)">Environmental Capital (WSJ)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://energyoutlook.blogspot.com/" title="Energy Outlook">Energy Outlook</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.theoildrum.com/" title="The Oil Drum">The Oil Drum</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://startelegram.typepad.com/planet_dfw/" title="Planet DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth)">Planet DFW (Dallas/Ft. Worth)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/" title="PDX Green">PDX Green (Portland, Ore.)</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="entry clearfix"> <h6 class="kicker">Earth and Environmental Science and Engineering</h6> <ul class="refer odd"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://scienceblogs.com/channel/planet-earth/" title="ScienceBlogs : Planet Earth">ScienceBlogs : Planet Earth</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.realclimate.org/" title="RealClimate">Realclimate.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://rs.resalliance.org/" title="Resilience Science">Resilience Science</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/" title="Discover Magazine Blogs (4)">Discover Magazine Blogs (4)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.twas.org/" title="TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World">The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World</a></li> </ul> <ul class="refer even"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://sustsci.aaas.org/" title="Forum: Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development">Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://thepimmgroup.org/" title="The Pimm Group">The Pimm Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.mongabay.com/" title="Mongabay">Mongabay</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="entry clearfix"> <h6 class="kicker">Poverty, Development, and Design</h6> <ul class="refer odd"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://consiliencejournal.org/" title="Consilience Journal">Consilience Journal (Columbia U., student-edited)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://squattercity.blogspot.com/" title="squattercity">Squatter City</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.tveap.org/" title="TVE Asia Pacific">TVE Asia Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.nextbillion.net/" title="NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise | Eradicating Poverty through Profit">NextBillion.net</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://aidg.org/blog/" title="Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG)">Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://chemistswithoutborders.blogspot.com/" title="Chemists Without Borders">Chemists Without Borders</a></li> </ul> <ul class="refer even"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/" title="YaleGlobal Online">YaleGlobal Online</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://designthatmatters.org/news/dtm-blog/" title="DtM Blog">Design that Matters</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.planetizen.com/interchange" title="Planetizen">Planetizen -- The Planning and Development Network</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blog.ted.com/" title="TedBlog">TedBlog</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.sustainabledesignupdate.com/" title="Sustainable Design">Sustainable Design</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.inhabitat.com/" title="Inhabitat">Inhabitat</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://psdblog.worldbank.org/" title="PSD Blog - World Bank Group">Private Sector Develoment Blog</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="entry clearfix"> <h6 class="kicker">Media and Environment</h6> <ul class="refer odd"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.sej.org/news/" title="Environmental Journalism Today">Environmental Journalism Today</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory" title="The Observatory (CJR)">The Observatory (CJR)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://cejnewsviews.blogspot.com/" title="Environmental Journalism Now">Environmental Journalism Now</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://developingradio.org/" title="Developing Radio Partners">Developing Radio</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.earthjournalism.org/" title="Earth Journalism Network">EarthJournalism.org</a></li> </ul> <ul class="refer even"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/" title="Knight Science Journalism Tracker">Knight Science Journalism Tracker</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/" title="Framing Science">Framing Science</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/" title="Yale Climate Media Forum Home Page">Yale Climate Media Forum</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="entry clearfix"> <h6 class="kicker">Environment and Sustainability Voices</h6> <ul class="refer odd"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.worldchanging.com/" title="WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future">Worldchanging</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://gristmill.grist.org/" title="Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist">Daily Grist</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.envirowonk.com/" title="EnviroWonk">EnviroWonk</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://earth-info-net.blogspot.com/" title="Earth-Info.Net">Earth-Info.Net</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.greentechforum.net/" title="Green Technology Forum">GreenTechForum</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://ecogeek.org/" title="EcoGeek">EcoGeek</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/a-billion-teenagers-for-better-or-worse/www.thecityfix.com" title="The City Fix">The City Fix</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dailygreen.com/" title="Daily Green">Daily Green</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.plentymag.com/blogs/" title="Plenty Magazine Blogs">Plenty Magazine Blogs</a></li> </ul> <ul class="refer even"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.treehugger.com/" title="Treehugger">Treehugger</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://animalethics.blogspot.com/" title="Animal Ethics">Animal Ethics</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://ethicurean.com/" title="The Ethicurean">The Ethicurean</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/" title="Switchboard">Switchboard (NRDC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.energysmart.wordpress.com/" title="Energy Smart">Energy Smart</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.climateprogress.org/" title="ClimateProgress">ClimateProgress</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.desmogblog.com/" title="DeSmogBlog">DeSmogBlog</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.thissphere.blogspot.com/" title="This Sphere">This Sphere</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://blog.islandpress.org/" title="Eco-Compass Blog">Eco-Compass Blog</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="entry clearfix"> <h6 class="kicker">Analysis and Policy</h6> <ul class="refer odd"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.ejsd.org/" title="- Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development">Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.prcdc.org/blog" title="Population Counts">Population Counts</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.terrain.org/" title="- TerrainE">Terrain - A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/" title="- Prometheus: The Science Policy Weblog">Prometheus</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.energypolicyblog.com/" title="EU Energy Policy Blog">Energy Policy Blog</a></li> </ul> <ul class="refer even"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/" title="The Breakthrough Blog">The Breakthrough Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://climateethics.org/" title="Climate Ethics">ClimateEthics.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.climatepolicy.org/" title="ClimatePolicy">Climatepolicy.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/" title="Common Tragedies -- Thoughts on Environmental Economics">Commontragedies.wordpress.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/" title="The Intersection">The Intersection</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://sciencepoliticsclimatechange.blogspot.com/" title="Science and politics of global climate change">SciencePoliticsClimate Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.setamericafree.org/wordpress/" title="Set America Free (energy security blog)">Set America Free</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="entry clearfix"> <h6 class="kicker">FREE-MARKET ADVOCATES, "SKEPTICS," INDUSTRY VIEWS</h6> <ul class="refer odd"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.worldclimatereport.com/" title="World Climate Report">World Climate Report</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.reason.com/blog" title="Hit & Run (Reason)">Hit & Run (Reason)</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.shopfloor.org/" title="ShopFloor.org: Manufacturing, Business News and other Mischief">Shop Floor</a></li> </ul> <ul class="refer even"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.climateaudit.org/" title="Climate Audit - by Steve McIntyre">ClimateAudit.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://climatedebatedaily.com/" title="Climate Debate Daily">Climate Debate Daily</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.commonsblog.org/" title="The Commons Blog">The Commons Blog</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="entry clearfix"> <h6 class="kicker">YOUTH</h6> <ul class="refer odd"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.itsgettinghotinhere.org/" title="It鈥檚 Getting Hot In Here">It鈥檚 Getting Hot in Here</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://sustainus.org/" title="SustainUS">SustainUS</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://www.takingitglobal.org/themes/mdg" title="TakingItGlobal">TakingItGlobal</a></li> </ul> </div></div>  <div id="archive" class="box module"> <div class="entry"> <h4>Archive</h4> <select name="archive_chrono" onchange="window.location.href=this.value; this.selectedIndex=this.options[0]"> <option class="archiveform_option" value="">Select Month</option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/"> August 2009 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/"> July 2009 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/"> June 2009 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/"> May 2009 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/"> April 2009 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/"> March 2009 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/"> February 2009 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/"> January 2009 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/"> December 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/"> November 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/"> October 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/"> September 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/"> August 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/"> July 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/"> June 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/"> May 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/"> April 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/"> March 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/"> February 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/"> January 2008 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/"> December 2007 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/"> November 2007 </option> <option value="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/"> October 2007 </option> </select> </div></div>  <div id="recent-posts" class="box module"> <h4>Recent Posts</h4> <div class="entry"> <p class="date">August 28<br/> <a class="post-comment" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/rare-photo-of-snow-leopard-in-afghanistan/"></a><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ NYTD.blogsCRNRObj.setPostData('', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/rare-photo-of-snow-leopard-in-afghanistan/', 'Rare Photo of Snow Leopard in Afghanistan', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/rare-photo-of-snow-leopard-in-afghanistan/', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/rare-photo-of-snow-leopard-in-afghanistan/'); // ]]> </script> </p> <h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/rare-photo-of-snow-leopard-in-afghanistan/" title="Read: Rare Photo of Snow Leopard in Afghanistan">Rare Photo of Snow Leopard in Afghanistan</a></h5> <p class="summary">Dot Earth likes a good animal photo as much as the next blog, particularly when the animal is beautiful and endangered. So we're pleased to present a photograph of a snow leopard, taken by a camera trap in the Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p class="date">August 27<br/> <a class="post-comment" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/nano-toothpaste/"></a><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ NYTD.blogsCRNRObj.setPostData('', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/nano-toothpaste/', 'Nano Toothpaste', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/nano-toothpaste/', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/nano-toothpaste/'); // ]]> </script> </p> <h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/nano-toothpaste/" title="Read: Nano Toothpaste">Nano Toothpaste</a></h5> <p class="summary">Many people worry about the unanticipated consequences of otherwise beneficial developments. For some of them, nanotechnology has been a hot topic. And according to a report this week by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, there is more than ever for them to worry about.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p class="date">August 27<br/> <a class="post-comment" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/giving-earth-that-worn-down-feeling/"></a><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ NYTD.blogsCRNRObj.setPostData('', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/giving-earth-that-worn-down-feeling/', 'Giving Earth That Worn-Down Feeling', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/giving-earth-that-worn-down-feeling/', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/giving-earth-that-worn-down-feeling/'); // ]]> </script> </p> <h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/giving-earth-that-worn-down-feeling/" title="Read: Giving Earth That Worn-Down Feeling">Giving Earth That Worn-Down Feeling</a></h5> <p class="summary">We've all heard about how modern farming isn't good for the land. Tilling and other practices leave farmland vulnerable to erosion; precious topsoil is literally being washed away. The real problem, it seems, is that the land that humans are washing away is not being remade.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p class="date">August 26<br/> <a class="post-comment" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/an-environmentally-friendly-mosquito-repellent/"></a><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ NYTD.blogsCRNRObj.setPostData('', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/an-environmentally-friendly-mosquito-repellent/', 'An Environmentally Friendly Mosquito Repellent?', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/an-environmentally-friendly-mosquito-repellent/', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/an-environmentally-friendly-mosquito-repellent/'); // ]]> </script> </p> <h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/an-environmentally-friendly-mosquito-repellent/" title="Read: An Environmentally Friendly Mosquito Repellent?">An Environmentally Friendly Mosquito Repellent?</a></h5> <p class="summary">Researchers report that they have identified a compound that blocks the ability of mosquitoes to detect carbon dioxide. It is the carbon dioxide we exhale that draws mosquitoes to us.</p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p class="date">August 25<br/> <a class="post-comment" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/saving-the-flying-fox/"></a><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ NYTD.blogsCRNRObj.setPostData('', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/saving-the-flying-fox/', 'Saving the Flying Fox', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/saving-the-flying-fox/', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/saving-the-flying-fox/'); // ]]> </script> </p> <h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830131601/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/saving-the-flying-fox/" title="Read: Saving the Flying Fox">Saving the Flying Fox</a></h5> <p class="summary">Researchers have calculated that, based on the number of flying fox bats being legally killed by hunting, the species could be extinct within decades.</p> </div> </div> <div class="box module"><h4>News From Green Inc.</h4><div class="entry"><h5><a title="Green Inc. 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