Cripes! The global population has skyrocketed from one billion to seven billion in 200 years. This video explains how we got so big so fast.
How did the world get so big so fast?
Cripes! The global population has skyrocketed from one billion to seven billion in 200 years. This video explains how we got so big so fast.
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Where is NZ, Aus and the pacific islands?
I love how “the UN says population will levee out at 10 billion” but no-one ever considers what will cause that levelling off? Honestly, unless we start moving out into space (which is what I assume will happen) only serious epidemics, wars, famines or totalitarian birth control measures have a hope of making that come true.
@Modus Ponens, I hardly think Oceania’s population warrants a jar in this example 🙂
Can somebody please advise what application I need to watch Video of the Day? My screen advises that my computer is “missing plug-in”. Any IT boffins here?
Wexford, we deserve a jar. This jar-withholding violates our human right to be statisticized! Er… counted. And videod. Who likes being excluded from a family video?