The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman--and each nation--must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem. The...
A population is a geographically distinct group of individuals of the same species that is co-occurring in time and space, and can potentially interbreed with each other. Populations are an important element of evolutionary biology, and in the ecology...
As a topic, population refers to the size and composition of social groupings and the dynamics of change in these characteristics. It extends to the determinants and consequences of levels, differentials, and changes in fertility, mortality, and...
Population often is said to be the biggest problem facing the world. However, precisely what this problem is varies, depending on whether the issue is meeting basic human needs, the stress placed on the natural environment by increased consumption,...
The study of populations and population ecology is a growing field of biology. Plants and animals are studied both singly and in relationship to one another. Factors that affect population growth and overall health are constantly being sought and...
In sociology and biology a population is the collection of people or individuals of a particular species. A population shares a particular characteristic of interest most often that of living in a given geographic area. In taxonomy is population a...
Populism is considered a form of resistance to democracy which is hoped will eventually give sovereignty to ordinary citizens. The original populists failed to restrain corporate ascendancy, but they succeeded in providing Americans with cooperative economic alternatives, alternatives to the corporate order and building...
The U.S. Census Bureau just released new population estimates for the state of Montana and each of its 56 counties. In 2002, Montana's population was estimated at about 909,500, up from the 902,195 reported in the 2000 Census of the Population. From 2000 to...
Federal officials say a plan to delist grizzly bears as a threatened species in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem is advancing, and that recent information shows the population is holding steady or possibly increasing. Sightings of female grizzly bears with cubs...
The number of chinook salmon returning to California's Central Valley has reached a near-record low, pointing to an "unprecedented collapse" that could lead to severe restrictions on West Coast salmon fishing this year, according to federal fishery regulators.The sharp drop in chinook, or "king," salmon...
“The possibility must be considered seriously that the number of people on the Earth has reached, or will reach within half a century, the maximum number the Earth can support in modes of life that we. . . will choose to want.” —-Joel...
