The United Nation says the world's population is set to reach seven billion on October 31. Analysts are wondering whether it is a coincidence this milestone falls on Halloween. The U.N. Population Fund predicts that some time on Monday, the world will welcome its seven billionth person.
They also forecast that the baby will be born in India. The birth of a newborn baby is usually a source of joy, but this one has got alarm bells ringing with environmentalists. They say the world cannot cope with so many mouths to feed.
The population has exploded in the past two centuries. In the early 1800s, there were just a billion of us; in 1960 that figure had trebled to three billion. Half a century layer, that figure has more than doubled.
Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University's Earth Institute told CNN that "the consequences for humanity could be grim." Other experts also paint a bleak picture. CNN's Jack Cafferty warned of an "unsustainable" population of 9 billion and stated that "at some point there's not going to be enough stuff for everybody." The New York Times declared that "the Earth is full[and that] we are eating into our future".
I was astonished by this news. When I was a high school student, my social study teacher taught me that the world's population was 6.3 billion. I had believed that the world's population was 6.3 billion before the news was informed. Japan's population is decreasing year by year because the women don't hope to get married, when the women get married is late and there are many women who don't have their children although they get married. On the other hand, the population of the world is growing very quickly. In the developing countries, the rate of the birth is very high. Many young people who live in the developing countries especially lack information about contraception, so I think one of the reason for increasing the population. We will face the problems about living. For example, we need enough clear water, food, oil and so on. When people face the problems, people compete each other. I am very anxious about breaking out a war like "World War III". Everyone is hoping that the world peace continue forever, I think. People who is living now have many problems, so we should solve them for the future. We need to consider the population of the world is 7 billion for creating the great future. What do you think about this problem? Let's try to think.
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They also forecast that the baby will be born in India. The birth of a newborn baby is usually a source of joy, but this one has got alarm bells ringing with environmentalists. They say the world cannot cope with so many mouths to feed.
The population has exploded in the past two centuries. In the early 1800s, there were just a billion of us; in 1960 that figure had trebled to three billion. Half a century layer, that figure has more than doubled.
Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University's Earth Institute told CNN that "the consequences for humanity could be grim." Other experts also paint a bleak picture. CNN's Jack Cafferty warned of an "unsustainable" population of 9 billion and stated that "at some point there's not going to be enough stuff for everybody." The New York Times declared that "the Earth is full[and that] we are eating into our future".
I was astonished by this news. When I was a high school student, my social study teacher taught me that the world's population was 6.3 billion. I had believed that the world's population was 6.3 billion before the news was informed. Japan's population is decreasing year by year because the women don't hope to get married, when the women get married is late and there are many women who don't have their children although they get married. On the other hand, the population of the world is growing very quickly. In the developing countries, the rate of the birth is very high. Many young people who live in the developing countries especially lack information about contraception, so I think one of the reason for increasing the population. We will face the problems about living. For example, we need enough clear water, food, oil and so on. When people face the problems, people compete each other. I am very anxious about breaking out a war like "World War III". Everyone is hoping that the world peace continue forever, I think. People who is living now have many problems, so we should solve them for the future. We need to consider the population of the world is 7 billion for creating the great future. What do you think about this problem? Let's try to think.
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