Dubious assumptions prime population bomb

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17 May Posted by earthman

In a recent news article in Nature, the author Fred Pearce examined the assumption behind the latest estimate of the population growth. The global  population expected to rise one more billion by the end of the century. However, the author points to the paradox of the future fertility rate and suggests a change in perception in child birth. Since most life threatening diseases for the babies are declining now, modern women choose not to have more number of babies as compared to their grandmothers.

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Dubious assumptions prime population bomb

Nature 473, 7346 (2011). http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110511/full/473125a.html

Author: Fred Pearce

The United Nations says there could be 10 billion people on Earth by the end of the century. Fred Pearce finds problems in its analysis.

[Nature Issue]