[Coral-List] human population reaches 8 billion about now, when will it peak?

[Douglas Fenner]

Human population is important for coral reefs, because population
multiplies all the things that people do that damage reefs.  Estimates of
future population growth depend on recording and estimating death rates and
birth rates.  Records and estimates have been improving, but there are
still significant uncertainties, and the uncertainties in the future
increase the farther ahead in time the prediction is.  The UN has
apparently released a new population report, and here is a summary of come
of the findings:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03720-6
open-access

Cheers, Doug
-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

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