8 billion humans alive today—let's talk overpopulation, and why low-income countries aren't the issue
Today is the Day of Eight Billion, according to the United Nations.
Today is the Day of Eight Billion, according to the United Nations.
Environment
Nov 15, 2022
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Progress made over decades to control overpopulation of dogs and cats through high-volume spay-neuter surgeries is at risk thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a team of University of Florida researchers conclude in a ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2022
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There are many rational reasons that motivate consumers to spend US$65 billion annually on household cleaning products. But non-rational mechanisms are nevertheless still at work in the cleaning products market, as in all ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2018
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The Assyrian Empire once dominated the ancient Near East. At the start of the 7th century BC, it was a mighty military machine and the largest empire the Old World had yet seen. But then, before the century was out, it had ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2014
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Long-term confinement is not a humane option for the control of feral and stray or abandoned cat populations, according to new guidelines issued by the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) in its Journal of Feline ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2013
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It's a weird, lopsided fight if ever there was one: seagulls divebombing to attack and feed on the fat of 50-ton whales and their babies. And the birds are winning.
Ecology
Jul 1, 2013
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Throughout history, every great human civilization has experienced a significant crisis. And although the outcomes of these crises have varied from total eradication (the Classic Maya) to depression and eventual recovery ...
Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2013
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Throughout our history environmental problems have contributed to collapses of civilizations. A new paper published yesterday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B addresses the likelihood that we are facing a global collapse ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2013
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