ecology
One of the reasons for the destruction of Babylon is that she will have polluted the land. Subtle environmental changes can make a population susceptible to epidemic disease. Crowding is clearly such a change, and the density of human population
is rising both locally and globally. Malnutrition is another, and this condition today
affects perhaps two-thirds of mankind. War is another. The descriptions of the wars before the last war of Armageddon suggest that it will be nuclear. Another is the uncontrolled use of our natural resources without replenishing them.
Ecology is the study between organisms and their environment. The astonishing advances in physics, chemistry, and engineering comprise the latest phase of an industrial revolution that has reshaped civilization initiated problems. The best known of these problems is, of course, the development of military technologies powerful enough to eradicate mankind.
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