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Majority of world population face water shortages unless action taken, warn
2009-03-03 17:43:00 Migiro and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete Image via Wikipedia Two-thirds of the world?s population will face a lack of water in less than 20 years, if current trends in climate change, population growth, rural to urban migration and consumption continue, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro warned today. Speaking at a high-level symposium on water security at UN ...
By: News for Greens
The morning commute - Japanese style
2008-05-15 12:02:00 Fancy playing Sardines every morning on your way to work? Move to Japan and you can. We all know that maximising use of public transport is the most energy-efficient type of travel, but this is taking it to the extreme.
World Population to Hit 6,666,666,666 in May
2008-04-17 15:42:00 To many people, this means nothing. But of course 666 refers to the Beast in the Bible. Heaven knows what ten sixes means. I don?t know who first noticed this looming numerical curiosity, but it was mentioned today on the Drudge report. To see the projection, go to the U.S. Census Bureau?s World POPClock Projection page. There you?ll find these projections among others: 05/01/08 6,664,737,08506/01/08 6,671,275,141 So sometime in between May 1 and June 1, the gaggle-of-sixes milestone will be passed. (I say gaggle rather than googol, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. I could also have used a gazillion or a jillion or a bazillion, all of which are just figures of speech meaning ?a lot.? Clearly, the number of people on Earth is a lot more than umpteen.) The Census Bureau of course never knows exactly how many people are on the planet, or even in the United States for that matter. It?s all estimates. Just fun. The last big ?six scare? was 06/06/06 (June 6, 2006). We survived ...
By: Curious? Read
The ABCs of Global Power
2008-04-04 21:46:00 Russia and the United States have the world?s largest nuclear arsenals. Both countries have powerful armies, fleets and air forces. The same can be said for China, as well, which stands as the world?s third most powerful country. The three countries are large, in land area and population. Together they possess a quarter of the ...
By: 1913 Intel
Comic Review: Bizarre New World: Population Explosion
2008-03-16 17:26:00 NeverWanderer gives us the inside scoop on Ape Entertainment's Bizarre New World, a comic where Skipper Martin creates a vision of a world in which people flying through the air is as common as people walking... Bizarre!
By: Geeks of Doom
World Population
2008-03-14 21:56:00 During the first 2 million or so years of its history the human populations was minor element in the world ecosystem, with at most 10 million members. The rough equilibrium maintained before Neolithic times gave way when the human population developed agriculture and animal husbandry and no longer had to spread out in search of game. With the abandonment of gardening way of life and the rise of permanent settlements and eventually cities, the human population under went dramatic growth. By the beginning of the Christian era it had reached 250 million, and in 1650, half a billion. In various parts of the world, plagues and epidemic appeared and reappeared, usually spreading from populations habituated and at least partly immune especially in East Asia. Black Death in the 14th century wiped out a third of the population in Europe. In the 17th century the plagues stopped in Europe. But the immigration of Europeans to the Americas gave old diseases a new life; they decrease the Ind...
GM crops the only way to feed a growing world population
2008-02-18 16:50:00 World agriculture is facing an explosion in demand for food that will require farmers to embrace biotechnology to the full.
By: FWi - All News
World Population is all about countries Not!
2008-02-05 15:25:00 Rank Country or Area Population---------------------------------------------------------- 1 China 1,330,044,605 2 India 1,147,995,898 3 United States 303,824,646 4 Indonesia 237,512,355 5 Brazil 191,908,598 6 Pakistan 167,762,040 7 Bangladesh 153,546,901 8 Russia 140,702,094 9 Nigeria 138,283,240 10 Japan 127,288,419Total Population of First Seven Countries = 3 ,532 ,595 ,043 ( 6,648,624,377 - World) ( 3 Billion 532 Million )3rd is from North-America ( United States ) and 5th is South-America ( Brazil ) rest of the countries ( 5 left ) are from Asia World 6,648,624,377 Some Mathematics for fun : 6 ,648, 624 ,377 - 3, 532, 595, ...
World Population ; As on Today and Trends
2008-02-05 14:54:00 6,648,623,876Monthly World population figures: 07/01/07 6,602,274,81208/01/07 6,608,818,47509/01/07 6,615,362,13910/01/07 6,621,694,71711/01/07 6,628,238,38112/01/07 6,634,570,959 01/01/08 6,641,114,62302/01/08 6,647,658,28703/01/08 6,653,779,78004/01/08 6,660,323,44305/01/08 6,666,656,02206/01/08 6,673,199,68507/01/08 6,679,532,264 Census Dot GovPopulation Trend -- _______________________Ad blocker - Ads free surfing_______________________M-inimal requirements:| Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5, SeaMonkey 1.0, Flock 0.5, Songbird 0.2. |- http://adblockplus.org/en/insta-llation _______________________________-_Block ads in Internet Explorer Name of ad-on is :| IE7Pro |- http://www.ie7pro.com/ ________________Block ads in Safari| SafariBlock 2.1 | http://www.macupdate.com/info.p-hp/id/19202
severe food shortages, price spikes threaten world population
2008-01-10 14:39:00 Worldwide food prices have risen sharply and supplies have dropped this year, according to the latest food outlook of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The agency warned December 17 that the changes represent an ?unforeseen and unprecedented? shift in the global food system, threatening billions with hunger and decreased access to food.The FAO?s ...
World population growth will provide UK farmers and contractors with new ma
2007-12-12 10:20:00 The UK's farmers and contractors will be vital in helping to feed the world's rapidly growing population, delegates were told at last week's NAAC Contractor 2007 conference.
By: FWi - All News
World population fits a 2 mile cube
2007-10-15 19:27:00 Sunday paper had this article on the enviroment, global warming, and such. It stated that that the volume of the world population if piled log stack f...
Immigration Seen Adding 105 Million to U.S. Population by 2060
2007-09-01 19:09:00 Since the founding of the United States, its population has been growing at a rate that some scientists say is unprecedented in human history. Some believe that this population explosion made the United States one of the most prosperous countries of the world. But others point to congestion, urban sprawl, traffic, pollution, loss of open spaces and ...
Picture of the Week: World Population Density
2007-07-19 20:13:00 Thought this was pretty interesting to check out and see what parts of the world are pretty much fully occupied. Click on the image to see it in full size and give it a study:
By: Ponderthis...
U.S. Power and World Population Day
2007-07-13 14:32:00 In a nutshell, it seems that all of the potential challengers of American global dominance in the next few decades ? China, India, the European Union, Russia, Japan ? will also be shouldering huge new financial burdens from state pension systems as their populations age. Those costs will be a major drag on their economies ...
By: 1913 Intel
Green Family Values: Sex and the Environment-World Population Day
2007-07-11 16:22:00 6.6 Billion and Growing Today, July 11th, is World Population Day, a day set aside to increase awareness about global population issues and the strain it creates on the environment. In a time when...
By: Green Options
Jul 11 - World Population Day
2007-07-11 09:12:00 World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people."We see men and women as partners in a relationship built on mutual respect, trust and commitment. Partnering with men promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity." - Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director.
By: Nothingandall
When You're Talking To 2% of the American(I Mean World) Population......Whe
2007-06-25 16:50:00 In reference to a former blog I wrote whereby I lambasted the Alan Jackson song "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning" that refers to the the United States as "The World" albeit their world, apparently what else can one say when you have unedumacated country bumpkins who don't know the difference between Iraq and Iran, really don't care, couldn't find those countries on a worldmap, couldn't find their own country, I mean world on a world map...and don't care.All the jingolistic national pride day songs that ensued after September 11 and the dust has settled and the sick helpers who volunteered that day who now have breathing problems, and other life threatening ailments are being taken by Micheal Moore to Cuba (see SICKO)because they can not get the proper affordable medical care they need here in the United States what else can you say?2% that's just a rough estimate.... I admit it, pulled that figure outta my ass....I don't really know. But that's the way it se... |
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