The fear of an overpopulated globe has been around since the 18th century, when Thomas Malthus predicted that population growth would cause mass starvation and overtax the planet. With the global population at 7 billion and counting, many conservationists think population growth is one of the key threats to the planet. Of course, not everyone agrees: Many think population growth will stabilize in the next 50 years, and that humanity will innovate its way out of the negative consequences of the overcrowding that does occur.
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How will the world end?
General FictionLots of people had ideas that the world would never end, but now there's a book that gives crazy yet true ideas that could happen in 1.75bn Years! This has a lot of scientific words in it, so if your not a science wiz then I say go grab a dictionary!