Population explosion

Earth's population. Image: depositphotos.com

8 billion people: why trying to control population is often futile - and harmful

"Instead of wondering if we have too many or too few people, we should ask how we can sustainably meet the needs of the people who are already alive"

Technology is expected to significantly increase the world's fish diet

Urban environment in Singapore. From Wikipedia

A tower with its head in the sky

Shinjuku Ward, which is one of 23 wards in Tokyo. Greater Tokyo contains 35 million people and functions as a megacity. The number of megacities in the world will increase by 2030, and sixty percent of the human population will live in cities. From Wikipedia

Doomsday catch

Protest march against xenophobia, South Africa, April 2015 Photo: from Wikipedia

Six billion in Africa

population growth. Illustration: shutterstock

Controlling the size of the human population

The expected changes in the population from now until 2100 are shown in the figure. The largest expected increase is in Nigeria, whose population will add 730 million people and will reach 914 million people in 2100 compared to 184 million today. Eight of the ten countries that recorded the sharpest increase in their population are in Africa. The only two outside of Africa that will grow at a relatively fast rate are India in second place and the United States in eighth place with an expected increase of 146 million inhabitants, or 46 percent, from 316 million today to 462 million in 2100. The largest expected decrease is in China, where there will be In 2100, about 300 million inhabitants: China's population is currently 1.4 billion and is expected to number 1.1 billion in 2100. (Credit: UW Center for Statistics and Social Sciences)

The world population may reach 11 billion people by the year 2100

Vegetables in the market in Crete. From Wikipedia

A call to vegetarianism?

a drop of water. CC photo. User: Fir0002 on Wikipedia

Water - the crisis only worsens

The famous crosswalk in Shibuya district in Japan. From Wikipedia. population density

World Population Hits 7 Billion/David Baillo, Scientific American

The 2008 Olympic torch race in the streets of Shenzhen, China. From the entry "Population explosion" in Wikipedia

A vision for a better world

Pacific oyster. From Wikipedia

Growing oysters as a solution to the food crisis

A nature reserve in Poland. From Wikipedia

Preservation of the environment and nature... where?

From the right: Dr. Thom Roberts, Dr. Ofra Bodai-Khaderian, Prof. Robert Flor, Dr. Nardi Lampel, and Dr. Olga Davidov. growth

destroy and build

The 2008 Olympic torch race in the streets of Shenzhen, China. From the entry "Population explosion" in Wikipedia

A hungry world?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Why is the world hungry?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Russians disappear, the Japanese too

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The summit of humanity

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Earth, 2300