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Population is about more than how many people live on the planet. It is about where people can live safely, how cities change, and what happens when systems cannot keep pace.

Overpopulation Defined

The condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life, or a population crash .​

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(32) Newly Developed Gel Extracts Drinking Water From The Air
(32) Newly Developed Gel Extracts Drinking Water From The Air
A cheap hydrogel that can suck moisture out of the air and then release it on demand might be the answer...
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(31) Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world’s poor at risk.
(31) Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world’s poor at risk.
The future of rice production is now threatened because of rising sea levels and temperature increases...
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(30) Ocean Shock: Big aquaculture bulldozes Borneo.
(30) Ocean Shock: Big aquaculture bulldozes Borneo.
The company is Sunlight Inno Seafood. Owned by Cedric Wong King Ti, a Malaysian businessman known as...
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(29) Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Global Wildlife in the Past 45 Years, WWF Report Says.
In nearly 45 years, humanity has wiped out 60% of global wildlife populations, according to a newly released...
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(28) Ending Poverty & Hunger With Just a Fraction of Global Military Spending.
Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger—two of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed by the...
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(27) How Much Food Do We Waste? Probably More Than You Think
Globally, we throw out about 1.3 billion tons of food a year, or a third of all the food that we grow....
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(26) Shocking secrets of the food industry.
There are a multitude of chemicals used in processed food that do not have to be in any way disclosed,...
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(25) Putting algae on the menu could help lower pollution, fight world hunger.
(25) Putting algae on the menu could help lower pollution, fight world hunger.
Commercial production of marine microalgae as a staple human food and feed for animals and farmed fish....
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(24) Solubag – The Invention That Just Might Save The Oceans.
A new company based in Chile has developed Solubag, a ‘plastic’ bag that dissolves in water....
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