It seems it’s impossible to accurately forecast what the world’s population will be in 42 years, but we know exactly what the temperature will be. Ah, science.
Now the Worldwatch Institute, a nonpartisan Washington research group studying the issue for many years, has come out with a fresh analysis concluding that there is so much variability in fertility rates that we can’t know with any confidence how many people the future holds.
Earth 2050: Population Unknowable? – Dot Earth – Climate Change and Sustainability – New York Times Blog
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