Showing posts with label population growth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label population growth. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

The World's Population Growth Is Shrinking

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About That Overpopulation Problem -- Slate Research suggests we may actually face a declining world population in the coming years....
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Population Growth: Fastest Growing Urban Area?

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Population Growth: Fastest Growing Urban Area? It May Surprise You -- L.A. Times It has a smaller population than San Jose, Calif. -- but it...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

How Many Humans Have Lived On This Planet?

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Do The Dead Outnumber The Living? -- BBC The population of the planet reached seven billion in October, according to the United Nations. But...
Monday, October 24, 2011

The Trends And Impact Of Population Growth

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( Click on Image to Enlarge ) Sources: World Bank; U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, U.N. Global Forest Resources Assessment, 2010. Gr...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

World Population To Reach 7 Billion This Week

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Room For One More? World Population To Reach 7 BILLION In Next Few Days -- Daily Mail * Children most likely to be born in Asia-Pacific re...
Friday, May 6, 2011

The Coming Population Explosion

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Graph From The Economist Can The World Feed 10 Billion People? -- Raj Patel, Foreign Policy With an exploding global population -- and Afric...
Sunday, December 13, 2009

Genetic 'Map' Of Asia's Diversity

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The study indicates that all of Asia was populated through one migration event. From The BBC: An international scientific effort has reveale...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

U.N. Finally Draws Link Between Population Bomb And Climate Change

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Population is at the root of the problem because more people means more greenhouse gases. Credit: iStockphoto From Cosmos: PARIS: Slowing po...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Wake-Up Call As Population Of Africa Tops 1bn

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From The Scotsman: ONE day this year, in all probability, the billionth African will have been born, a milestone that will benefit the poore...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Birth Rates Rise in Wealthiest Nations

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From Live Science: For decades, demographers have reported that the more developed a country is in terms of wealth, health, and living stand...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

The World's Growing Population Poses a Malthusian Dilemma

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MALTHUSIAN DILEMMA: How to feed a human population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 while also grappling with poverty as well as climate ...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Population: Overconsumption Is The Real Problem -- A Commentary

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Human consumption plans are part of the problem (Image: Alex Wong/Getty) From The New Scientist: THERE is a pervading myth that efforts to f...

Population: Technology Will Save Us -- A Commentary

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Human resourcefulness and technological innovation may just help save the environment, argues Jesse Ausubel (Image: Marc Asnin/Redux) From N...

Population: Enough Of Us Now -- A Commentary

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Cities contain many people, but it is not just numbers that put strain on resources, it is the way we consume also (Image: Duncan McKenzie/G...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

Wealthy Nations See Unexpected Baby Boom

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From Cosmos: PARIS: The ironclad axiom that the wealthier a nation the lower its birthrate may reverse when countries pass a certain thresho...