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Pressure mounts as global population set to reach 7 billion

SHE’S a 40-year-old mother of eight, with a ninth child due soon.

Tue, 18 Oct, 2011

Planet Earth ‘unrecognisable’ by 2050 due to population growth, say experts

A GROWING, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an “unrecognisable” world by 2050, researchers have warned.

Tue, 22 Feb, 2011