Let’s not ignore demography as potential driver to conflict & migrations – populations Syria, Libya, Yemen and Egypt more than quadrupled between 1950 and onset of Arab Spring

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

High-educated US women want to start families again

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Science News Releases

An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study co-authored by a University at Buffalo economist.

Qingyan Shang, an assistant professor at UB, says the study uncovers what may be the reversal of a trend by highly educated women.

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Stopping economic growth for the sake of the climate

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Jorn van Dooren

A United States and Spanish research team has conducted a study into the most likely causes of climate change and came to a rather surprising conclusion. The most feasible manner of stopping climate change is halting economic growth. Or changing … Continue reading →

Even excluding export Chinese emissions are now higher than US – in absolute numbers non-western consumers emit most CO2

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Today we learned the West has outsourced 16 percent of carbon emissions to emerging economies. But that’s just one third of the story.

World food demand could double by 2050 – if so agricultural intensification could save 2 billion tonnes of CO2 per year

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

A new projection by the University of Minnesota and the University of California Santa Barbara shows global food demand could rise by 100-110 percent between 2005 and 2050, which would pose a grave threat to remaining tropical rainforests and would … Continue reading →

Happy Day of 7 Billion!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

According to UN calculations presented in May today, October 31 2011, the world population reaches 7 billion people. If you would have to make a bet where, India is your best choice.

World population 7 billion – where will the next billion come from?

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Just one more day till the world population reaches 7 billion. Just 14 more years till the world population reaches 8 billion. We’ve seen how the latest one billion extra people are spread over the different continents. Now we’re wondering … Continue reading →

World population 7 billion: where did that last billion come from?

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

According to the latest World Population Prospects tomorrow the world’s 7 billionth human inhabitant will be born. That means if you were born in 1968 you placed your first steps on a planet with half as many people as there … Continue reading →

Quick recovery of coral reefs possible

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Jorn van Dooren

Good news for coral reefs around the world. New research on the state of Hawaiian coral reefs and their relation to human activity over a 700 year time span shows that even strongly degraded reefs can recover, with the right … Continue reading →

Today’s paradox: Indian monsoon may recover at price of climate change

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Over the second half of the 20th century the monsoon rains in the Ganges Valley in north and northeast India decreased by 10 percent. Meanwhile monsoon rains in the south and the Indus Valley [remember 2010 Pakistan floods] increased. Burning … Continue reading →

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