A triple-threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and overpopulation is bearing down on Earth, a new paper from 17 scientists warns. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ghastly-future-global-crises.html
Tag: overpopulation
Koalas are being given birth control to fight overpopulation
Koala populations in parts of Australia are being controlled to prevent them eating their main food source – manna gum trees – to extinction Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2263654-koalas-are-being-given-birth-control-to-fight-overpopulation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Paul Ehrlich: There are too many super-consumers on the planet
Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book The Population Bomb brought fears of overpopulation into the mainstream. Fifty years on, has it been defused, or just delayed? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2232011-paul-ehrlich-there-are-too-many-super-consumers-on-the-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
White nationalists are perverting environmentalism to smear migrants
Right-wing figures blame environmental destruction on immigration and overpopulation. The political mainstream needs to confront this threat before it’s too late, says Graham Lawton Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332435-300-white-nationalists-are-perverting-environmentalism-to-smear-migrants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…