![]() ![]() Wilson and Elizabeth Kolbert’s work on Earth’s sixth extinction event might expect the “empty planet” title to refer to a world with radically fewer birds, insects, polar bears, giraffes, whales, fish, and forests a world less habitable for humans due to soil erosion, ocean acidification, and loss of millions of species and a hot planet where people’s numbers collapse. Women with more access to education, careers, and family planning have lower rates of childbearing in many developed countries. The authors build a plausible case that fertility rates could fall more than currently projected by the United Nations (UN) as the world modernizes and urbanizes. ![]() Growth still totals 80 million more of us per year. The reversal of population growth is not a done deal. World population will probably rise to over 10 billion before the slow decline would begin. Note that their title is a bit misleading. Women in education contribute to falling fertility rates. ![]()
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