Experts Predict Global Population Will Plateau
November 21, 2011
The 7-billionth human being was born last week as the UN issued dire warnings of an exploding global population. But birth rates are actually in free fall worldwide. Experts predict that the world's population will start shrinking in 2060 and that -- with a bit of imaginative policymaking -- the birth and death rates could actually balance out.
Ice Reserves in the North and South Poles
In comparison with the ice stored in glaciers in other parts of the world, the concentration in Antarctica and...
