UN says new projection is a call to action
(NEWSER) - By the time you’re out trick-or-treating on Halloween, the planet will have marked an important milestone: As predicted, the world’s 7 billionth person will arrive this year , by Oct. 31, according to the UN Population Fund. It predicts that we’ll hit 8 billion just 14 more years after that—a rapid pace, considering that it took us until 1804 to hit 1 billion then an additional 123 years to get to 2 billion. Even so, “overall, this is not a cause for alarm,” a researcher tells the Globe and Mail . “The world has absorbed big gains since 1950.” More»
