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 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.

Overpopulation has been used as an excuse for everything from birth control to abortion to China’s ‘one-child’ policy. Worldwide, the fertility rate fell by almost 50% in less than 70 years. Worldwide ...

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 ...

The tiny land-locked African country of Lesotho is the poster child for the impending population explosion in the mind of journalist Eugene Linden. That's far too simple a story. Malthusian conditions ...

Our population has just reached 8 billion people, but we are not the first ones to worry about overpopulation. In November 2022, the United Nations announced that for the first time the world’s ...

August 8 this year marked the Earth Overshoot Day, which essentially means that we have officially consumed far more than the Earth can replenish in a year. The Global Footprint Network estimates that ...

We start 2023 sharing the planet with 8 billion other people. Meanwhile, manufacturing of screens and the transition to renewable energy sources is limited by processes in minerals mining, the grid is ...

Almost two years ago, Longview’s problem with pet overpopulation and stray animals reached an apex. Kenneth Pierson, a 46-year-old father, was killed in February 2024 by a pack of dogs on Martin ...

The Cenla Cat Project (CCP) is a no-kill rescue that started in 2017, when a pregnant cat gave birth to her litter in someone ...