Friends of Retha - The Blog
Friends of Retha is a unique forum welcoming discussion around the critical but frequently overlooked topic of human overpopulation. Scroll down to read the Blog.
WORLD POPULATION
The importance of talking about overpopulation, its consequences and possible solutions, has never been greater. Every Blog post is a conversation starter and we want to hear what you have to say.
According to reports by United Nations, India has now overtaken China as the world’s most populated country. The UN’s...
Approximately 8 million tonnes of man-made litter enters the earth's oceans each year. Marine litter is currently responsible for...
According to the World Wildlife Fund’s 2020 Living Planet Report, global populations of birds, fish, mammals, amphibians and reptiles...
Until the final decades of the 18th century, global CO2 levels were controlled and maintained by the planet’s forests,...
In the 20th century, waste production has increased ten-fold, due primarily to urbanisation, industrialisation and a rising human population....
More than 90% of the heat trapped by CO2 emissions is absorbed by the Earth's oceans, resulting in rising...
A recent study published by Project Drawdown revealed that, globally, an estimated 225 million women have an unmet need...
Despite the Earth being around 4.5 Billion years old, modern humans have only existed for the last 200,000 years....
During the 20th century, the population of the United States increased by just over 3-fold, rising from 76 million...
Between 2011 and 2022, the world's population increased by 1 billion people. Between 1999 and October 2011 (according to...
In 2018, 1.7 billion people (23% of the world’s population) lived in a city with at least 1 million...