Posts Tagged ‘overpopulation’

  • How many people can the Earth support?

    It depends on the kind of lifestyle those people enjoy, says Lisa Naughton, a UW-Madison professor of geography and environmental studies.
    The late 18th century English economist Thomas Malthus – one of the first to express concern about overpopulation – observed that there should be no more people in a country than can “daily enjoy a [...]


    Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
  • Population Soars Past 6,000,000,000

    World population has reached 6 billion. What does this mean for the environment, resources, humanity? Six billion people on Earth — is that a good thing?


    Friday, October 8th, 1999


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