Global Population

David Attenborough Says Humans Are A 'Plague On Earth'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK

David Attenborough has described humans as a "plague on Earth" that need to slow down breeding to stop the world's population being reduced by more br...

Why Now is a Good Time to Be Thinking About 2050

Daniel Franklin | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK
Daniel Franklin

"Never prophesy, especially about the future." That nicely captures the perils of predictions - so nicely, indeed, that the saying or a version of it has been credited to numerous people, from the movie mogul Sam Goldwyn to baseball's Yogi Berra.

World's 'Seven Billionth' Child Born In Philippines

Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.12.2011 | UK

A baby born in the Philippines has been chosen as the world's symbolic 'seven billionth person' by the United Nations. Danica May Camacho was deliv...