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April 7, 2022
Urban Land Conversions Threaten Biodiversity
April 7, 2022 —A recent study published in PNAS (The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science) titled, “Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050,”...

March 2, 2022
UN's New “Global Population Growth & Sustainable Development” Report
March 2, 2022 —The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs released a new “Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development” report in late February, 2022.

February 24, 2022
As Ukraine Roils, Long-Crisis in the Sahel Continues
February 24, 2022 —The world is dealing with upheavals in geopolitics this week, namely the violence unfolding in Ukraine. But there is — as always — plenty of meaningful news related to population, environment, and...

February 3, 2022
All About Population Media Center’s Weekly News Digest
February 3, 2022 —Each week, Population Media Center publishes the Population and Sustainability News Digest. This is a curated virtual newspaper that focuses on current events, news articles, and important research...

December 31, 2021
In 2022, We Have Work to Do — What are Your Suggestions?
December 31, 2021 —The year 2022 will bring us closer to a few things that we would rather not be getting closer to. For example, during the next 365 days, human population will get much closer to the 8 billion mark....

December 10, 2021
Blogs for a Planet of Life — Population Media Center's 2021 eBook
December 10, 2021 —What if you could tell dramatic, highly-entertaining stories on radio, TV and the web that supported women’s rights, healthy populations, and enhanced social and environmental responsibility?

October 22, 2021
Nine Population & Biospheric Assumptions That Invite Calamity: Part 1 of 3
October 22, 2021 —Today, with breathtaking complacency, a majority of our fellow citizens in the United States — including most members of our political, news, and journalistic leadership — ignore both the gigantic...

October 15, 2021
Interrelationships: Human Population, Fossil Fuels, And Technology
October 15, 2021 —Humans existed for a very long time prior to making consistent use of fossil fuels – say, for simplicities sake, before the year 1800. Our numbers never even approached 1 billion for tens of...

September 30, 2021
Intergenerational Responsibility: Extinctions, Overexploitation & Global Sustainability
September 30, 2021 —A recent study, published in Science, and authored by dozens of highly-credentialed researchers, is titled “Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes.” The study has found that...

September 17, 2021
Just Say No to Demographic Fatalism – We Can & Will Address Population
September 17, 2021 —In the quest for global sustainability, reformers must embrace an intergenerational, long-term effort to ensure a much smaller, more ecologically right-sized number of humans on the planet in the...