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It doesn't appear to have slowed the rise in population...
But they are used more in the West and...
It doesn't appear to have slowed the rise in population...
The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born which is set to have a "jaw-dropping" impact on societies, say researchers. Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century. And 23 nations - including Spain and Japan - are expected to see their populations halve by 2100. Countries will also age dramatically, with as many people turning 80 as there are being born.
What is going on?
The fertility rate - the average number of children a woman gives birth to - is falling. If the number falls below approximately 2.1, then the size of the population starts to fall. In 1950, women were having an average of 4.7 children in their lifetime. Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation showed the global fertility rate nearly halved to 2.4 in 2017 - and their study, published in the Lancet, projects it will fall below 1.7 by 2100.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-5...-Q-t4Ssf7vtrtnOqQddAiwzCUaEHdTtyiQzkfSYFGZps8
Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born
Hmm im not sure her research makes as much sense as she thinks it does, she says, to quote,"the impending fertility crisis poses a global threat comparable to that of the climate crisis." Surely the decline of mankind is a boon when it comes to the survival of the planet, some might say it is essential to the planets survival that the population reduces, it reminds me of Dan Browns novel 'inferno'.Falling sperm counts may see the end of us...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/26/falling-sperm-counts-human-survival
Why is it a problem?Not a surprise to me.
A few couples in my circle of friends have experienced fertility problems even in their early to mid-30s.
Add to that with the conscious decision or societal pressure to defer parenthood to much later in life than was the norm historically and the trend for smaller families in the developed world, and you have a major problem on your hands.
Hey honey, we need to have lots of sexytime, it's for the good of humanity!
And they say we can't do politics!
The increasing population is putting unsustainable strain on the planets resourses, a reduction of the population would secure a future for the next generations (how much is dependant on how much the population decreases) as things stand with the current population increase the planet is not going to survive the age of man for another milleniaIs that politics?
I thought it was elementary economics.
I'll play fair and report it with a instruction to delete if I'm wrong.
You argued economics, i gave you a mathamatical overview of the situation ecomonics =mathamatics.A) Malthus.
B) This is not an either-or scenario.
You argued economics, i gave you a mathamatical overview of the situation ecomonics =mathamatics.
Emotions cloud judgements, im looking at the issue logically (some may say coldly but hey) im not emotionally involved in this discussion, im just looking at facts and the facts are the way the population is increasing, (even with recent decreases in fertility in the developed world) it is unsustainable and without major population decreases the planet will not survive.
Falling sperm counts may see the end of us...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/26/falling-sperm-counts-human-survival
My thread title was better...
That's so blurry, I can't read the labels.
I reviewed it - it was at best borderline, though the economic argument is valid. Post and reply directly citing it deleted.Is that politics?
I thought it was elementary economics.
I'll play fair and report it with a instruction to delete if I'm wrong.
Idk why its so blurry, cant seem to get it any clearer, here is the link to the site its fromThat's so blurry, I can't read the labels.
DO IT FOR YORKSHIRE!Yup! Bite that pillow!
Idk why its so blurry, cant seem to get it any clearer, here is the link to the site its from
https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-growth
DO IT FOR YORKSHIRE!
Falling sperm counts may see the end of us...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/26/falling-sperm-counts-human-survival
Hmm im not sure her research makes as much sense as she thinks it does ...
FULL STORY:Are chemicals shrinking your penis and depleting your sperm? Here’s what the evidence really says
A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of shrinking penises.
Professor Shanna Swan, a US epidemiologist who studies environmental influences on human development, recently published a new book called Countdown.
In it, she suggests sperm counts could reach zero by 2045, largely owing to the impact of a range of environmental pollutants used in manufacturing everyday products: phthalates and bisphosphenol A (BPA) from plastics, and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used, for example, in waterproofing. Under this scenario, she says, most couples wanting to conceive would need to rely on assisted reproductive technologies.
She has also warned these chemicals are shrinking penis size. ...
Such extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. I would argue the evidence is not strong enough. ...