Earth’s predicted overpopulation crisis might not be as dire as we’ve thought – instead, a new book argues our numbers will soon start plummeting. The United Nations has long warned that the world’s population is fast approaching a point at which Earth’s resources may not be able to support humanity. There are currently 7.7 billion people living on the planet, and this is expected to climb to 9 billion by 2050. But, Canadian journalist John Ibbitson and political scientist Darrell Bricker have found that these predictions may have missed the mark completely. The UN forecasts rely on fertility rates, migration rates, and death rates, the authors explain in an interview with Wired.

Source: Daily Mail February 04, 2019 19:51 UTC