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Go For the Boobies, Stay ... No, Don't Stay Overrun by humans, Galapagos Islands crack down		08 Oct 2008	News
Posted at 12:08 PM on 08 Oct 2008 The Galapagos Islands are totally hot right now. To tourists, the island chain 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador offers stunning biodiversity (blue-footed boobies!) that infamously inspired Charles Darwin to write The Origin of Species. To residents, the tourism-driven economy offers high wages, top-notch public schools, and a dearth of violent crime. But as more and mor ...
Topics: biodiversity, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, habitat loss, news, population (all these topics)

Just Kidding China will maintain one-child policy		10 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 5:08 PM on 10 Mar 2008 Recent speculation that China was rethinking its one-child-per-family policy has been refuted by the country's top population official, who says the family planning policy will not be altered for at least another decade. source: The New York Times see also, in Grist: China's population rapidly rising From the Archives Next Up on the Panel ... Solar-panel manufacturers dumping toxic was ...
Topics: China, news, population (all these topics)

Where's the Reef? Coral reefs suffer from proximity to humans, says study		09 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 4:26 PM on 09 Jan 2008 The main factor contributing to declines in coral-reef health is proximity to human populations, says new research in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. A study of 322 reef sites in the Caribbean found that many suffered significant damage from overfishing and agricultural runoff. Author Camilo Mora estimates that reefs in the region provide some $4 billion in econom ...
Topics: habitat loss, news, oceans, population, scientific research (all these topics)

Knock Some Census Into 'Em U.S. population will be 303.15 million at start of 2008		28 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 1:28 PM on 28 Dec 2007 The U.S. population will hit 303.15 million on Jan. 1, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2008, the country will add one person every 13 seconds. My my, and it seems like just over a year ago we were announcing that the country's population had hit the 300 million mark. Where does the time and space go? source: Reuters see also, in Grist: U.S. fertility rate now high enough ...
Topics: news, population, United States (all these topics)

Fertile Ascent U.S. fertility rate now high enough to sustain population		21 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 10:04 AM on 21 Dec 2007 Americans consume far more than their fair share of the world's resources -- and more Americans are on the way. The overall fertility rate in the U.S. increased 2 percent from 2005 to 2006, nudging the average number of babies born per woman to 2.1 -- high enough to sustain a stable population for the first time since 1971. The U.S. is somewhat of an anomaly, as most developed countries hav ...
Topics: news, population, United States (all these topics)

China Frown China's population rapidly rising		06 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:24 PM on 06 Dec 2007 The population of China is projected to grow to a staggering 1.5 billion people by not-so-far-off 2033. And they'll be staggering because they can't breathe the air. source: Reuters From the Archives Hey, Look Over There! U.S., avoiding action at current climate meeting, announces new climate meeting. Energy In Da Hooouuuse! House passes landmark energy bill; Senate up next. Heart a Tax. Sa ...
Topics: China, news, population (all these topics)

The Female of the Species Is More Doubly Than the Male Inuit villagers give birth to twice as many girls as boys		12 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 4:05 PM on 12 Sep 2007 Twice as many girls as boys are being born in Arctic communities across Greenland and northern Russia, where Inuit villagers are known to have high levels of human-made chemicals in their blood. Many babies are being born premature; baby boys tend to be small. Hormone-mimicking chemicals originate in industrialized countries, travel to the Arctic by w ...
Topics: Arctic, Greenland, news, population, Russia, toxics (all these topics)

Oh, Brother China's one-child policy reduces population, helps climate		30 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 3:36 PM on 30 Aug 2007 Perhaps a wee bit sensitive about being vilified for its excessive impact on climate change, China has pointed out that its one-child policy, instituted in the late 1970s, has kept 300 million consumers off of the planet. From the Archives Agribusiness As Usual. Huge organic dairy farm skirted organic rules, agrees to behave. So Long, and Thanks for All the Yu. Maybe ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, news, population (all these topics)

Dying For a Change Pollution causes some 40 percent of deaths worldwide, says new research		16 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Dying For a Change Pollution causes some 40 percent of deaths worldwide, says new research Here's one small reason to join the save-the-environment cause: new research indicates that some 40 percent of deaths worldwide are a direct effect of air, water, and soil pollution. Dirty air contributes to cancer and birth defects; unclean water accounts for 80 percent of all infectious diseases; and contaminated s ...
Topics: air pollution, news, population, water pollution (all these topics)

Control Your Emissions British population think tank shames large families		08 May 2007	Daily Grist
Control Your Emissions British population think tank shames large families Got your 10-foot pole handy? You'll need it for this story: U.K. think tank Optimum Population Trust published a report yesterday declaring that having a large family is akin to such eco-crimes as leaving lights on, driving an SUV, and tossing plastic bags in the trash. Forget carbon taxes: this organization is all abo ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, England, news, population (all these topics)

Due Deferens Separate studies show chemicals, cigarettes may affect male birth rate		11 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Due Deferens Separate studies show chemicals, cigarettes may affect male birth rate The percentage of boys born in the U.S. and Japan each year has gradually declined over the last three decades, a new study says -- and pollutants are a possible cause. "Male reproductive health is in trouble," says lead researcher Devra Lee Davis of the University of Pittsburgh, noting that both adult fertil ...
Topics: green living, Japan, news, population, United States (all these topics)

Two's Company, 300 Million's a Crowd U.S. population hits 300 million		17 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Two's Company, 300 Million's a Crowd U.S. population hits 300 million This morning at 7:46 eastern daylight time, the 300 millionth American was either born or crossed the border. Person 300 Million is here just in time for bitter pre-election immigration debates: 40 percent of the U.S. population growth rate is attributed to immigration, and immigrants make up the largest proportion of the nation's population since the 192 ...
Topics: news, population, United States (all these topics)

So That's Why We Can Never Find a Parking Space U.S. population to hit 300 million in October		27 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
So That's Why We Can Never Find a Parking Space U.S. population to hit 300 million in October As the U.S. population ticks ever closer to the 300 million mark -- 299,800,000-plus and counting! -- many enviros worry that the rising numbers will amplify existing environmental problems. "The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world experiencing significant population growth," says Vicky Markham of the Cent ...
Topics: news, population, United States (all these topics)

X-tinct Men Pollutants cause tiny genetic mutations in humans		12 May 2006	Daily Grist
X-tinct Men Pollutants cause tiny genetic mutations in humans You know when your brother called you a genetic mutant, and you said "am not," and he said "are too"? Well, he was right. Sorry. According to new research, chemicals and pollutants like those found in exhaust fumes cause tiny DNA mutations which, while too small to cause immediate disease, can build up over generations. Mathematical models indicate t ...
Topics: news, population, toxics (all these topics)

The Road to Hell Is Paved With 'Hood Intentions Census estimates show U.S. population shifting to exurbs		17 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
The Road to Hell Is Paved With 'Hood Intentions Census estimates show U.S. population shifting to exurbs As the U.S. population rises, more and more people are moving into compact, smartly planned, energy-efficient cities. Ha! Ha! Sigh. Actually, the fastest-growing areas of the country are fringes: suburbs and semi-rural areas on the edges of expanding metropolitan regions. "It's not just the decade of t ...
Topics: news, placemaking, population, United States (all these topics)

Boy Vey! Air pollution may cut number of boy births		24 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Boy Vey! Air pollution may cut number of boy births Looking to score, fellas? The secret may be moving to a highly polluted area. Turns out air pollution may skew the ratio of female to male births in favor of the former, by altering the proportion of sperm that carry an X vs. a Y chromosome. A team of Brazilian researchers divided Sao Paulo -- Brazil's largest city, with a population of 17 million -- ...
Topics: air pollution, news, pollution and waste, population (all these topics)

Let No Good Seed Go Unpunished Exposure to heavily polluted air can damage sperm DNA		28 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Let No Good Seed Go Unpunished Exposure to heavily polluted air can damage sperm DNA Turns out air pollution can make a man into a eunuch. Research published this month in the journal Human Reproduction found that the sperm quality of 35 men in Teplice, Czech Republic, diminished significantly in the winter when more fossil fuels were burned and the area's air pollution reached or exce ...
Topics: air pollution, Czech Republic, news, pollution and waste, population (all these topics)

Breed Between the Lines World population heading rapidly toward 7 billion		24 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Breed Between the Lines World population heading rapidly toward 7 billion The global population will reach 7 billion by about 2012 and continue to rise for many decades, according to a new report from the Population Reference Bureau, a private research organization. "Almost 99 percent of population growth today and for the foreseeable future will be in ... developing countries," said Carl Haub, a demographer with the bureau. In c ...
Topics: news, population (all these topics)

Ichi, Ni, Son! Japanese town to pay cash to women who bear third child		15 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Ichi, Ni, Son! Japanese town to pay cash to women who bear third child Even as world population balloons (6,424,599,962 and counting), some countries that have been experiencing declining birthrates, such as Italy and Japan, are worried -- and not just about loneliness. The elderly worry new generations will be too small to support them, and the business community worries that the labor pool will shrink too much. Meanwhile, the tow ...
Topics: Japan, news, population (all these topics)

People, People Who Breed People Better make room -- world population to hit 9.1 billion by 2050		25 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
People, People Who Breed People Better make room -- world population to hit 9.1 billion by 2050 There will be 9.1 billion people on this li'l planet of ours by 2050, according to revised U.N. population figures released yesterday. That's a 40 percent increase from today's mere (!) 6.5 billion. While population in developed countries is expected to remain largely stable at 1.2 billion -- mainly due to immigration, as thei ...
Topics: news, population, United Nations (all these topics)

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