Human Demand Outstripping Earth&#39;s Supply
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Oct. 21, 2004 - The world&#39;s population is consuming about 20 percent more natural resources than the planet can produce, the environmental organization WWF International warned Thursday in its &quot;Living Planet&quot; report.
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As the US population rises, environmental problems that were once pushed aside may get worse, experts say.
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By Brian McIver THE world's superpowers have always dominated the space race. But with companies and agencies all rushing to attract tourists and commercial passengers to the heavens, Europe and Britain are now leading the way.
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GLAND, Switzerland An environmental group says earth&#39;s people are using up the planet faster than it can restore itself and the west is the chief culprit.
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China&#39;s population, already the largest in the world, will peak at 1.46 billion in 30 years, straining the country&#39;s healthcare system, putting pressure on jobs, and gobbling up a greater share of the world&#39;s food and energy resources.
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If everyone on Earth generated the 20 tons of carbon dioxide emitted by each United States citizen yearly, the global tally now would be 134 billion tons a year, instead of 29 billion. That's a lot of billions.
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Safe no more: An acute global shortage in contraceptives has experts in Africa predicting a population explosion and a frightening spread of AIDS.
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GENEVA Oct 21, 2004 - Humanity&#39;s reliance on fossil fuels, the spread of cities, the destruction of natural habitats for farmland and over-exploitation of the oceans are destroying Earth&#39;s ability to sustain life, the environmental group WWF warned in a
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Feeding the world is a growth business. The global population is expanding by more than 70 million mouths a year, and the system that supplies the food is racing to keep pace. You see the strain in the mere 1.3 percent growth in grain production each year during the past 20 years. To keep up with...
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An unexplained and unprecedented rise in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere two years running has raised fears that the world may be on the brink of runaway global warming.
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Earthâs widening belt of clutter puts future space exploration at risk, but the solutions are expensive.
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If the world is to end the threat from climate change, we need to be able to produce more with less energy.
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Seventy percent of global water usage is taken up by agriculture and using water efficiently is seen as key in preventing serious shortages, with experts studying river basins across the world for clues to boost food production.
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Science & environment: Britons know that the planet is heating up - but are still not ready to change their lifestyle
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A breakthrough technology is generating hyper growth.
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The Earth's climate is out of balance and warming as a result of human activities, a leading scientific society warns.
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Enough fertile land could turn into desert in the next generation to create an âenvironmental crisis of global proportions.â