Population ecology is the study of how populations — of plants, animals, and other organisms — change over time and space and interact with their environment. Populations are groups of organisms of ...

Since 1805, the number of humans on Earth has skyrocketed from one billion to eight billion. Zoomed out, the growth appears positively parabolic. For everyone alive today, the present population boom ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is ...

Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is evident in burgeoning waterfront cities and in the increasing damage from powerful storms and rising sea levels. Yet, reliable, ...

Population growth, when unaccompanied by strong human development, traps an economy in a cycle of low productivity and low investment. It is good to see that the Dawn Media Group has launched a ...

Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...

Peak Human is coming, and it’s coming fast. As I wrote in the previous issue of Faster, Please!, today’s Millennials and younger Gen Xers — setting aside any huge longevity leaps for the Boomers — ...

Andrew Taylor does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The economic impact of changes in population growth rates and age structure can dramatically shift as countries transition from high to low rates of mortality and fertility. Initially, mortality ...