Tag: Population growth
The maximum human life span will likely increase this century, but...
Michael Pearce, University of Washington and Adrian Raftery, University of Washington
When Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997...
Yes, humans are depleting Earth’s resources, but ‘footprint’ estimates don’t tell...
Robert B. Richardson, Michigan State University
Experts widely agree that human activities are harming the global environment. Since the Industrial Revolution, the world economy has...
A long fuse: ‘The Population Bomb’ is still ticking 50 years...
Derek Hoff, University of Utah
“The battle to feed all of humanity is over,” Stanford biologist and ecologist Paul Erhlich declared on the first page...
Why were California’s wine country fires so destructive?
Jon Keeley, US Geological Survey
As of late October more than a dozen wildfires north of San Francisco had killed more than 40 people, burned...
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Why bosses should let employees surf the web at work
Stephanie Andel, IUPUI
If you’re like most workers, you don’t spend 100% of your time at the office doing what you’re supposed to be doing.
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