It’s estimated that world population reached its first billion people in 1804. With a birth every four seconds that number is expected to grow to 10 billion by 2050. As we continue to grow the Earth does not.
In this Full Frame episode, host Mike Walter talks with naturalist and author Karen Shragg, along with author and professor, Jack Goldstone about the effects of overpopulation.
Viruses, like the COVID-19, that jump from animals to humans are called ‘Zoonotic’ diseases and they have caused some of the world’s most devastating pandemics.
Since 1940, of the roughly 400 emerging infectious diseases that have been identified, more than 60 percent have animal origins.
So, c...
In 1945, the U-S, and its western allies, designed a liberal global order to prevent armed conflict. It’s composed of the U-N, or United Nations, the IMF, or International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the WTO, or World Trade Organization, NATO and the G20. Numerous treaties and agreements wer...
