![]() ![]() ![]() 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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