Sometime Monday we’ll be seven billion people in the world, says UN division

Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:57 UTC

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With more than two babies born every second, the arms on the world population clocks are whirling round so fast that no-one really knows how many people there are on Earth. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
“The report noted that in many parts of the developing world, where population growth outpaces economic growth, reproductive health care remains a crucial issue.”

It could be argued that, when population growth outpaces food availability, everything else is 'academic'.
Oct 31st, 2011 - 10:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Yuleno
Or Darwin will prevail?
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Fido Dido
Geoff loves Darwin. That creature is his god.
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GeoffWard2
Oh, Fido, so little knowledge.

Darwin was castigated as the antithesis of God
- evolution and creationism being mutually incompatible.

What we are talking about is Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors. Things that became understood with the development of the science of ecology
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