Living in the Environment
Living in the Environment
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781133940135
Author: G. Tyler Miller
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 12, Problem 6CR
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The contribution of industrialized agriculture to projected climate change. Explain the way in which industrialized food production systems have caused losses in biodiversity. Definition of agrobiodiversity and the way in which it is being affected by industrialized food production. List the advantages and disadvantages of using genetic engineering in food production. The factors that can limit green revolutions. Compare the benefits and harmful effects of industrialized meat production. Explain the connection between feeding livestock and the formation of ocean dead zones. Compare the benefits and harmful effects of aquaculture.

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