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Earth 2100: ABC’s worst-case scenario
“Earth 2100,” ABC’s two-hour “journey through the next century to explore what might be our worst-case scenario,” aired on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Through a graphic novel format, the program follows generations of an American family during a 21st century in which “the ‘perfect storm’ of population growth, dwindling resources and climate change converge . [...]
Food production limited by worsening environment
“Food scarcity and the resulting higher food prices are pushing poor countries into chaos,” reports Scientific American. “Such ‘failed states’ can export disease, terrorism, illicit drugs, weapons and refugees. Water shortages, soil losses and rising temperatures from global warming are placing severe limits on food production. Without massive and rapid intervention to address these three [...]
Population triples in one lifetime. Cause for alarm?
The worldwide average lifespan of a human is about 66 years (64 for males and 68 for females). During that average human’s life, say from 1943 to 2009, the total population has grown from about 2.2 billion to about 6.7 billion. Three hundred percent in one lifetime. Considering that scientists estimate it took about 15,000 [...]
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