Date
6-28-1979
Series
Ecosystems Lectures
Length
1 hour 20 minutes
Original Description
With: Salter, C. L., "The urban enigma."
Notes
The second of two lectures by Harrison Scott Brown, professor of geochemistry at California Institute of Technology, traces the evolution of the current global food situation and points out how energy use can cause climate changes which can drastically affect the world's food supply.
The preceding lecture, "Energy Resources," is available in the Oregon Public Speakers Collection here: http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11428
These lectures are part of the "Ecosystems" series of lectures sponsored by Sigma Xi- Earth Resources Ltd.
Transferred and preserved by Portland State University Library’s Special Collections with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.
Subjects
Ecosystems, Population, Food, Climate changes
Original Format
Reel to reel, 3.75 ips, 4 track, mono
Rights
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11429
Recommended Citation
Brown, Harrison Scott, ""Food and Population"" (1979). Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers. 171.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11429
Description
Transcript added August 5, 2020.
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