Population / Table of contents

A record of what density makes visible.

Population growth is more, much more than a number on a chart. This index gathers the everyday struggles for space, water, and resources that make our finite limits impossible to ignore.

The poverty index

(113) Where Does the Airplane Waste Go After Landing ?
June 16, 2026
(112) Marine Oil Spill Clean-Up On Technologies With Recent Trends
April 30, 2026
(111) The Surprising Importance of Mosquitoes to the Environment
February 26, 2026
(110) Malaysia And The Ocean Cleanup Extend Cooperation
December 16, 2025
(109) Ethiopia Is The Leader In African Green Development
October 24, 2025
(108) Instagram Teen Accounts: Just One Front In The Fight For Mental Health
August 2, 2025
(107) Butterflies Are Disappearing At a ‘Catastrophic’ Rate Globally
June 24, 2025
(106) New Hydrogel Material Removes Microplastics From Water
March 19, 2025
(105) Tire Shredding Machine Which Process 30 Tons of Tires Per Hour
January 16, 2025
(104) From Forgotten Grain to Superfood, Millets’ Comeback in Health and Nutrition
November 22, 2024
(103) 1 in 3 Children Are Now Nearsighted Globally
October 9, 2024
(102) The 'Insane' Plan To Save The Arctic's Sea-Ice
September 13, 2024
(101) European Heatwave Killed Over 47,000 People In 2023
August 20, 2024
(100) "Solutum", Eliminating Plastic Waste. For Good.
July 25, 2024
(99) Liquid Natural Clay Turns Desert Sand Into Fertile Soil in Just Seven Hours
June 26, 2024
(98) WaterROAM Gets Clean Drinking Water Without Any Electricity
May 18, 2024
(97) The Ancient Tradition Of Rice Fishing Has Multiple Modern Benefits
April 25, 2024
(96) 2023 Confirmed As World's Hottest Year On Record
March 20, 2024
(95) Purifies C ontaminated Acid Mine Water Safe For Local Communities
January 30, 2024
(94) World Humanitarian Day 2023
December 22, 2023
(93) Canadian Man Fights Climate Change By Planting 23,000 Trees In 24 Hours
November 25, 2023
(92) Turning Textile Waste Into Building Blocks: FabBRICK
October 20, 2023
(91) Fionn Ferreira: Removing Microplastics From Water
September 17, 2023
(90) Europe’s Largest Green Facade
August 16, 2023
(89) Shredded Diapers Could Replace 40% of Concrete Sand in Construction
June 2, 2023
(88) Why Loneliness Could Be The Biggest Threat To Your Health
May 26, 2023
(87) Couple Created New Rainforest By Planting 2 Million Trees Over 20 Years
April 18, 2023
(86) New Zealand Bans Smoking For Future Generations
April 6, 2023
(85) Singapore Is Leading The Way In Recycling Wastewater
February 5, 2023
(84) Bangladesh’s Farmers Revive Floating Farms As Seas Rise
December 12, 2022
(83) Handmade Soap Keeps Malaria-Carrying Mosquitos Away in Uganda
November 12, 2022
(82) Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" Could Raise Global Sea Levels By 10 Feet
September 7, 2022
(81) Moss Grows On Concrete, Empowering Cities To Respire And Live Green
August 18, 2022
(80) Converting Plastic Waste To Fuel in India
July 9, 2022
(79) Eight Climate Change Records The World Smashed In 2021
June 27, 2022
(78) Regenerative Farming Boosts Soil Health, Yielding More Nutritious Crops
June 13, 2022
(77) Once Called Crazy, An Indonesian Eco-Warrior Turned 250 Hectares Arid Hills Green In 24 Years
June 5, 2022
(76) An Airbus Powered By Used Cooking Oil
May 20, 2022
(75) Sustainable Toilets: Serving People, Serving the Environment
April 22, 2022
(74) Tuberculosis Deaths On The Rise Again , 1.5 Million People Died From TB In 2020
April 15, 2022
(73) This Organic Milk Farm Was Set Up In One Of China’s Largest Deserts
March 6, 2022
(72) Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Kill More People Than AIDS Or Malaria: Study
January 24, 2022
(71) The First Algae-Powered Building Presents Unique Renewable Energy Solution
December 28, 2021
(70) Over 2 Billion People To Be Affected If Melting Of Himalayan Glaciers Continue
October 31, 2021
(69) Global Report on Food Crises 2021
October 7, 2021
(68) Costa Rica Running Entirely on Renewable Energy
September 26, 2021
(67) The Innovation Turning Desert Sand Into Farmland
September 12, 2021
(66) Overfishing & Destructive Fishing
July 23, 2021
(65) How Digging Holes Can Save Kenyan dryland farmers ?
June 13, 2021
(64) Why The World Is Running Out Of Sand ?
April 10, 2021
(63) Urbanization Causes and Impacts
March 21, 2021
(62) Camera Shows Your Carbon Footprint
January 17, 2021
(61) Turning CO2 Into Rocks
December 26, 2020
(60) Affordable Housing By Plastic Waste
December 17, 2020
(59) This 2-Acre Vertical Farm Produces More Than ‘Flat Farms’ That Are Using 720 Acres
December 12, 2020
(58) Five ways coronavirus is deepening global inequality
December 5, 2020
(57) Nobel Peace Prize: UN World Food Programme Wins for Efforts to Combat Hunger
October 10, 2020
(56) Blood Farms: Cruel Horse Hormone Scandal as Pregnant Mares' Blood Is Injected Into Pigs and Other Animals
July 30, 2020
(55) Which Country Has The Best Environmental Performance ?
June 14, 2020
(54) How Does The COVID-19 Coronavirus Kill? What Happens When You Get Infected.
March 24, 2020
(53) Generating Water from Air Humidity to face Global Drought.
February 16, 2020
(52) As Australia Burns, Its Leaders are Clinging to Coal.
January 22, 2020
(51) Over 11,000 Scientists From 153 Countries Declare "Climate Emergency"
November 6, 2019
(50) United Nations Confirms the Ocean Is Screwed.
October 21, 2019
(49) The Cutting Edge Invention Turns farming Waste Into Fuel for Homes.
October 6, 2019
(48) Global Heating Made Hurricane Dorian Bigger, Wetter – and more Deadly.
September 8, 2019
(47) UN Warning: Food Is Going To Get REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE.
September 7, 2019
(46) 22 Inventions That Are Saving The Earth.
September 2, 2019
(45) Carbon Dioxide (CO2)'s Impact on Fruits & Vegetables are Devastating.
August 15, 2019
(44) According to a new UN climate report, we only have 30 years left to live.
July 31, 2019
(43) Water Shortages to Affect 52% of World’s Population by 2050
July 16, 2019
(42) Deadly Record-Breaking Global Heat Waves.
June 18, 2019
(41) Amount of food wasted by Malaysians enough to feed 12 million people a Day
April 18, 2019
(40) ‘Asia’s water tower’ is in danger as 80 per cent of glaciers in China may disappear in the 21st Century.
March 29, 2019
(39) The 15 years old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel peace prize.
March 25, 2019
(38) These ’10 Year Challenge’ Climate Change Photos Are Absolutely Haunting.
March 8, 2019
(37) Companies are seriously underestimating how climate change will affect business.
February 22, 2019
(36) Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at its Fastest Rate in centuries.
January 25, 2019
(35) This desert farm is growing 15% of Australia's tomatoes using only sunlight and seawater.
January 18, 2019
(34) 2018 TEN Worst Climate Change Disasters Did in Damage
January 12, 2019
(33) Pollution And Climate Change Cause 'Dead Zones' In World's Oceans To Spread
January 12, 2019
(32) Newly Developed Gel Extracts Drinking Water From The Air
January 12, 2019
(31) Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world’s poor at risk.
December 26, 2018
(30) Ocean Shock: Big aquaculture bulldozes Borneo.
November 24, 2018
(29) Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Global Wildlife in the Past 45 Years, WWF Report Says.
November 3, 2018
(28) Ending Poverty & Hunger With Just a Fraction of Global Military Spending.
September 22, 2018
(27) How Much Food Do We Waste? Probably More Than You Think
September 22, 2018
(26) Shocking secrets of the food industry.
September 8, 2018
(25) Putting algae on the menu could help lower pollution, fight world hunger.
August 25, 2018
(24) Solubag – The Invention That Just Might Save The Oceans.
August 25, 2018
(23) Fish-friendly whirlpool turbine makes hydropower green again.
August 25, 2018
(22) Climate Impacts on Water Resources.
August 11, 2018
(21) Meet Wave Star: Harnessing ocean waves for unlimited clean energy.
August 11, 2018
(20) Eco-Friendly Replacement For Plastic Wrap Made From Crab Shells.
August 11, 2018
(19) This device turns your trash into fuel.
July 20, 2018
(18) Countless people who deny climate change.
July 20, 2018
(17) From Europe to Africa, extreme and widespread heat raises climate concerns in hottest La Niña year to date on record.
July 20, 2018
(16) Five cool inventions that could save the planet.
July 20, 2018
(15) What will the world look like in 2030 & 2040 ?
July 14, 2018
(14) Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects
July 14, 2018
(13) Cape Town water crisis.
July 7, 2018
(12) Here are 6 foods available on future dinner tables .
July 7, 2018
(11) China’s plastic waste ban will leave 111 million tons of trash with nowhere to go .
June 30, 2018
(10) What Happens to Recycling After It's Collected ?
June 30, 2018
(9) Fruits and Vegetables Have Become Less Nutritious.
June 15, 2018
(8) Pulling fresh water from desert air .
June 15, 2018
(7) The largest head tax passed in U.S. history to help the housing & homelessness crisis.
May 19, 2018
(6) Fatberg 'autopsy' reveals growing health threat.
May 8, 2018
(5) Five things YOU can do to HELP the environment.
May 4, 2018
(4) Rising ocean waters, scorching temperatures, food scarcity and disease - here's how humans could ultimately be responsible for the end of the world.
April 24, 2018
(3) Could feminism save the planet ?
April 21, 2018
(2) You use 16kg/35lbs of resources extracted from Earth every day , or 57kg/125lbs if you live in the western world.
April 21, 2018
(1) This is 20 years of satellite observations of our ecosystems from space.
April 21, 2018