New York Times science reporter Andrew Revkin has recently begun blogging on the subject of Earth’s burgeoning population. Revkin’s new blog - called Dot Earth - carries the great tagline nine billion people, one planet. It’s focused on the fact that, by the middle of this century, Earth’s population is expected to grow […]
Archive for October, 2007
The population cluster bomb
Published October 31st, 2007 in Earth, Human World and Science. 9 CommentsOkay, I confess. It orbits the sun every seven years and has looped around the sun 16 times since its discovery in 1892. But, after 30+ years of stargazing, I’d never heard of Comet Holmes. That is, I hadn’t until a dramatic outburst increased the comet’s brightness by over a million times […]
Will India’s population rise to 2 billion?
Published October 21st, 2007 in Bizarre, Earth and Human World. 16 CommentsThe Population Reference Bureau (PRB) of Washington D.C. released a new projection series in September - and hosted an online discussion on October 17 - about the growing population of India. The online discussion was called Will India’s Population Reach 2 Billion?
Realize that 2 billion is a mind-bogglingly large number. The global population is […]
Ethanol could harm water quality, says NRC
Published October 13th, 2007 in Plants and Human World. 7 CommentsA report released October 10, 2007 from the National Research Council says that an increase in ethanol production from corn could “significantly impact water quality and availability” if new practices and techniques are not employed.
“The harm to water quality could be considerable, and water supply problems at the regional and local levels could also arise,” […]