Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover demographic, social and economic trends around the world. To be sure, continued population increases, particularly in very ...

The definition of overpopulation is in the name: An area that’s beyond capacity to handle the material needs of the people living in it. Less than 1 billion people walked this planet in the mid-18th ...

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Do you think that overpopulation is a big problem? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer ...

Today humanity uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets to provide the resources we use and absorb our waste. This means it now takes the Earth a year and six months to regenerate what we use in a year “In ...

The world population is growing at a rapid speed and while America may not yet feel the impact of the earth’s overpopulation, many other countries are losing resources and lack basic needs. As of Oct.

David Hodgkinson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

China has the largest population in the world, with a shocking number of 1.3 billion people and growing by the minute. The overpopulation was such a problem that in 1980 it made the one-child policy, ...

The sheer number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing genocide in Burma—over 10,000 per day since late August—has become too huge to ignore. It’s the reason why U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit ...

In the still-heated debate over reducing shelters deaths in California, there is probably no more polarizing figure than Nathan Winograd, former director of operations for the San Francisco SPCA. At ...