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PLANET OF THE YEAR: With drought, famine and fouled beaches, the earth warns of environmental disaster

This wondrous globe has endured for some 4.5 billion years, but its future is clouded by man' s reckless ways: overpopulation, pollution, waste of resources and wanton destruction of natural habitats. TIME analyzes the looming ecological crisis and provides an agenda for urgent action.

4 Critics' Choice

7 Letters

16 American Ideas

74 Nation

81 World

84 Business

88 Milestones

90 Video

92 Design

94 Cinema

95 Books

98 Food

100 Music

102 Theater

103 Show Business

105 People

Cover: Wrapped Globe, 1988 by Christo, photographed by Gianfranco Gorgoni