Paul Ehrlich, often called alarmist for dire warnings about human harms to the Earth, believed scientists had a responsibility to speak out

Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, who died March 13, 2026, in Palo Alto, California, was a scientific crusader ...
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Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...
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Population and Climate Change: Decent Living for All without Compromising Climate Mitigation

In recent years, the idea of having fewer children or not having children at all has been put forward by some climate activists as way to tackle climate change. A few scientific studies have ...
The Conversation

Population explosions and declines are related to the stability of the economy and the environment

Ken G. Drouillard receives funding from Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canadian Water Agency, Environment and Climate Change Canada, St. Clair River Conservation ...
The Nation Newspaper

Overpopulation and environmental conservation challenges

Overpopulation is an unending societal phenomenon tied to the apron strings of expansion arising from increase in births among other factors. This is a threat to the environment at any point in time.