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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in World-population ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's population could plummet to 6 billion by the end of the century, study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new model has predicted that Earth's population is likely to decrease in all scenarios across the next century and will peak nowhere near the 11 billion previously forecast. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vVXkHVTQq9uJb2ZHJKAD2R-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Crowds gather at Tokyo&#039;s Shibuya Crossing to celebrate the start of the New Year on December 31 2022. Japan&#039;s sharply declining birthrate is a growing political problem, and its Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has warned that the country may be unable to function if births do not rise.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Crowds gather at Tokyo&#039;s Shibuya Crossing to celebrate the start of the New Year on December 31 2022. Japan&#039;s sharply declining birthrate is a growing political problem, and its Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has warned that the country may be unable to function if births do not rise.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Global Population Growth Will Grind to a Halt by 2100 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Global population growth will nearly grind to a stop by the end of the century. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:47:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9Hz49qvEeZEZwifkCqCgdG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Population growth will likely stop increasing by 2100.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Population growth will likely stop increasing by 2100.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pope's Climate Call Misses Population Problem, Scientists Say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pope Francis did the world a service with his encyclical addressing climate change, but he failed to address population growth, scientists say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:56:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rvr63UvwvGbUc36vd3VDNF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Are You the 5 Percent? Small Minority Have No Health Problems ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If you're in perfect health, you're in the minority: Less than 5 percent of people worldwide had no health problems in 2013, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 04:11:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:26:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XjuSarCrQdF53h3fcHfd2Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ US Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The U.S. birth rate reached an all-time low in 2013, as the number of babies born in the country declined for the sixth straight year since the peak in 2007, a new report finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 07:16:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bahar Gholipour ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x7egXePYq8w7TA4NSy3Dzb-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What 11 Billion People Mean for Space Travel ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/41552-11-billion-space-travel.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The soaring global population could accelerate the pace of climate change, strain resources and threaten biodiversity around the globe. But it may also help humanity get off the planet and establish its first footholds in the final frontier. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:55:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:57:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                    <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UWe8iNkGdy5sZotGdzt4FW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A concept image of a spacecraft powered by a fusion-driven rocket. In this image, the crew would be in the forward-most chamber. Solar panels on the sides would collect energy to initiate the process that creates fusion.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Spacecraft concept image]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What 11 Billion People Mean for Sanitation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As the global population creeps upward, the world faces the major challenge of dealing with all the human and material waste that this population will produce. But there's a window of opportunity to avert a crisis, if the world acts now. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:12:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:08:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tanya Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h7cRCVW8zt6jSvfGwKNJPV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The world&#039;s 3 billion urban residents generate about 1.4 billion tons of solid waste per year. By 2025, the World Bank projects that number will climb to 2.4 billion tons per year.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[garbage in landfill]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What 11 Billion People Mean for Disease Outbreaks ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/41479-11-billion-disease-outbreaks.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ With 11 billion people expected to live on Earth by 2100, the spread of infectious disease is a major concern, and scientists are working to spot the next pandemic before it starts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:29:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:56:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bahar Gholipour ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cbRM4h6ZrBk9NQE9HpkADA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[People on the street wear face masks because of the outbreak of swine flu near Sannomiya JR station May 20, 2009, in Kobe, Japan. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[people wearing masks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What 11 Billion People Mean for Climate Change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A recent report from the United Nations projects global population could hit 11 billion people by the year 2100. How might this rapid growth affect climate change? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:18:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:56:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Denise Chow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RTVjrv6pQDXE9QBRYyv33M-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stanley Tom, Newtok Traditional Council]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What 11 Billion People Mean for Water Scarcity ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Providing enough water for 11 billion people will require drastic improvements in agricultural water use and a new way of accounting for water usage in the economy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:25:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:20:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yBsC86nptWhQuTHqHBCuxS-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Water bottle image via  Shutterstock]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 Ways We Waste Water ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From lawns to flood irrigation, here are five ways that people waste water, and more efficient ways they could use that water instead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:24:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:38:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v6gVDtprXXHj98qt9KsX4n-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 Ways Toilets Change the World ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The loo, the W.C., the lavatory, the privy, the porcelain god — while it goes by many names, the toilet — one of life's most mundane objects — plays a fundamental role in society. From preventing illness to fostering education, here are five ways toilets ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:29:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:20:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tanya Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3MTfu2U3eDvSnmHVUyQWDC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Toilets serve a host of vital functions, from keeping humans healthy to removing barriers to education.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[toilet]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What 11 Billion People Mean for Food Security ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The world's population is projected to hit 11 billion by 2100. Not only will we have to feed all these people, but we'll have to do it in a way that's less taxing on the earth's resources. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:33:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sqXQEd9KiKcxbnV7hfKiDY-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Soybean field image via Shutterstock.]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 6 Ways to Feed 11 Billion People ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans can't rely on a single solution to feed the world's growing population. A number of different strategies will be required, each of which will move humans a little bit closer toward closing the gap between the amount of food they have, and the amoun ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:51:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:20:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9ySsQWURVB9aGFHEYfPKHX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What 11 Billion People Mean for the Planet ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/41316-11-billion-people-earth.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The United Nations estimates that 11 billion people will live on Earth by 2100, faster than previously predicted. Here's what that means for food security, water supplies, disease outbreaks, Earth's animals and other issues/ ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:49:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:57:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QmXnfjygvkUyQMzqT4qfnJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What 11 Billion People Mean for … ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/41308-11-billion-people.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The United Nations estimates that 11 billion people will live on Earth by 2100, faster than previously predicted. In this series, we examine what that milestone means for food security, water supplies, disease outbreaks, Earth's animals and other issues. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:49:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:20:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QmXnfjygvkUyQMzqT4qfnJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World Population May Reach 11 Billion By 2100 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37442-world-population-approaching-11-billion.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new projection is 8 percent higher than a previous estimate, largely because fertility is declining more slowly in Africa than predicted ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:53:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6kSJYzjiWyuAGuHUssQGR4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A crowded street in New Dehli, India.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A crowded street in New Dehli, India.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Africa's Birth Rate Key Factor in 2100 Global Population ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/35936-africas-birth-rate-key-factor-in-2100-global-population.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The population of the world will reach 7 billion on Oct. 31. ]]>
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                                                                                                                            <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 09:04:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:50:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joe Brownstein ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                </item>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Filmmaker Sir David Attenborough Calls Humans a Plague ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/26473-david-attenborough-humanity-plague.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Famed British naturalist warns of population growth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:57:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b5yzZWybq4no6abbav3X36-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth&#039;s surface taken on January 4, 2012.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Blue Marble Earth]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Humans Are 17 Million Tons Overweight ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/21003-human-population-global-obesity-weight.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ That's the equivalent of 170 aircraft carriers, or 242 million extra normal-weight people. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:17:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:15:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Wynne Parry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vpZ2KVLbFu8tWhZgrPeEr6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Collectively, the adult human population weighed at 316 million tons (287 million metric tons) in 2005, researchers calculated.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Collectively, the adult human population weighed at 316 million tons (287 million metric tons) in 2005, researchers calculated.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ With 7 Billion People, World Has a Poop Problem ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/16713-7-billion-people-world-poop-problem.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ As the population climbs, the issue of sewage becomes more pressing. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:34:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:47:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dJaeJHroT9iiy3ZBqnHGtQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Top Countries Without Sanitation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/16712-top-countries-poor-sanitation.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The top countries for poor sanitation, by number of people without access to sanitary sewage facilities. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:32:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wmrSgUhJcr3Lv5EwaEDVHG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[WaterAid / Anna Kari]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Children play over an open sewer in the slum of N-gombe in Lusaka, Zambia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An open sewage drainage in Zambia.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 7 Population Milestones for 7 Billion People ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Could you be the Earth's 3 billionth baby? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:20:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:29:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L7G9BbuNqmCVLbQST8GggR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[No one knows where the world&#039;s 7 billionth baby will be born, but some international groups say that India is a good candidate, because the population is 1.2 billion strong and birthrates are still high in some areas.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A crowded street in Delhi, India.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Will There Really Be 10 Billion People by 2100? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The United Nations Population Division makes projections about future populations based on past and present trends in the fertility rate. Their best guess is that there will be 10 billion people in 2100. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:00:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:16:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Natalie Wolchover ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XrXPTfvK9KTiahBUGNSW3d-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth's Annual Resources Used Up Today, Group Says ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/16251-earth-overshoot-day-2011.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ As of today, humanity is in debt to Earth's 2011 resources. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:21:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:38:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WuHfCmLWciXb9fbFVn5p6f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Gray haze coats northeastern China in this NASA satellite image. The Global Footprint Network estimates that today (Sept. 27) is the day humans have outstripped the Earth&#039;s ability to provide renewable resources and absorb waste for the year.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pollution over China creates gray haze.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Do You Count 7 Billion People? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/15656-counting-world-population.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The UN compiles a mind-boggling array of demographic, health and census data in order to estimate the world population. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:09:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:16:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Natlie Wolchover ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vTSnDvn9m84XSeQJGC7QCg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Timeline: Earth's Precarious Future ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From rising seas to a slight increase in Earth's rotation, find out when it'll all go down. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrea Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XXyuuQoUWxUiKcjiXYkyD7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Human Evolution Speeds Up ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Genetic evidence shows that culture, population growth influencing evolution. ]]>
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