Artificial islands that are now mushrooming across the ocean are regarded as ‘engineering marvels’. But, little attention is paid to how these human-made structures affect sea life.
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Articles on Overpopulation
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Understanding population density takes more than just arithmetic – that’s where mapping can help reveal which countries and cities are really getting cramped.
Reasoned debates on sustainable migration intake levels are important. But transport and health infrastructure shortfalls in Western Sydney won’t be solved by reactive anti-immigration attitudes.
The jury is in and the debate is over: Earth’s sixth great extinction has arrived.
The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, could help solve global food shortages by feeding livestock. It can even be used to make diesel fuel.
The global economy is already unsustainable – let alone if it gets bigger.
Humans used to keep up by simply burning more fuel or farming more land.
Humanity is on course for a population greater than 11 billion by the end of this century, according to the latest analysis from the UN’s population division. In a simple sense, population is the root…
Each new human on the planet makes extinctions more likely, yet birth control still isn’t seen as a big environmental issue.
The world’s population is set to double by the end of the century. But there is only so much land available for food production.
A sterilisation camp held in Chhattisgarh, an impoverished state in central India, has claimed the lives of 13 women, most of whom were young and marginalised. The women, who died within hours of the procedure…
The rise in population since 1900 has been so rapid that up to 14% of all humans that have ever lived are still alive today, according to recent research. Other research shows that slowing population growth…
You’ve changed your lightbulbs, you recycle, you’ve retrofitted your house, cycle when you can, and drive an electric car when you can’t. You’re doing your bit to reduce your carbon emissions and prevent…
Demography is destiny. It’s an old idea but it remains as true as ever, despite the fact that it doesn’t get anything like the attention it deserves. It’s not hard to see why: not only is there a crowded…
The latest population projections from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), released earlier this week, suggest Australia’s future population growth will be considerably greater than previously indicated…
People who love animals and open spaces often have little use for other people. Naturalist David Attenborough recently described humans as “a plague on earth”. David Foreman of Earth First has set a goal…
Giving women equal rights is a critical step in avoiding societal collapse. The main drivers of societal collapse are overpopulation…
The announcement of the formation of a Migration Council of Australia and its launch by the Governor General on August 1, confirmed by Department of Immigration and Citizenship official Gary Fleming at…
Dingos have been given a bad reputation by the Azaria Chamberlain scandal but have been less harmful to humans than domestic…
The issue of human overpopulation has fallen out of favour among most contemporary demographers, economists, and epidemiologists. Discussing population control has become a taboo topic. The silence around…
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Director of the Complex Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Professor, Australian National University
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President, Center for Conservation Biology, Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Macquarie University
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Honorary Professor, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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