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A head-count for the next Century

What does a new world population prediction mean for the planet?

What are the environmental implications of a new study that predicts that in the next century the human population will peak at 8.4 billion? The current threat from the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines is from water, not lava. The mosquito is the "most dangerous animal in the world because it kills more people with malaria than any other animal that affects human beings." So how does the mosquito detect its human prey? Road safety in the cold climate in Iceland.

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麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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