Japan is decades ahead of the rest of the world with an aging and shrinking population. There are some who claim we don't ...

The fight against malaria has stalled after two decades of progress, with climate change and population growth among factors ...

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On a special episode (first released on August 1, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Across the globe, populations are in precipitous decline. People are simply not having children at the fertility rate ...

Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...

Today, the “dismal science,” as well as scientists and policy makers throughout the developed world are dealing with an entirely different population problem. There aren’t enough people, at least not ...

It’s one of the most persistent climate myths out there: the planet is frying because there are simply too many people.

San Diego County’s population grew by 0.4% last year, bringing the total to 3,298,799, said the latest U.S. Census Bureau data. While the county’s natural growth from more babies being born yielded a ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Mount Pleasant Town Council voted again to extend a moratorium on apartments and condos last week. It's the fourth extension since 2017, but this one was different. The ...

State legislators have conceived of creative ways to address the state’s population problems with incentives to move here.

HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (WECT) - Fred Eike, a business owner in Hampstead, worries that a proposed solution to Hampstead’s traffic problem won’t actually fix the problem. “They’re trying to play catch-up, but ...

Overpopulation (22.3%) has overtaken foreign workers (9.9%) as the country’s top concern, compared with a year ago. In 2024, foreign workers (22.4%) topped the list of concerns with only 8.1% ...