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Humanity will shrink in the future: 97% of countries will experience negative growth by 2100 (english.elpais.com)

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[-] Gigan@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

This seems to assume that current trends will continue for the next 76 years, which seems like a generous assumption.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The operative term here is "reaching carrying capacity."

Edit: now with visual aid:

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I love how they blame this on a declining birth rate instead of on climate change leading to loss of habitable land to sea level rise and loss of farmland to changing temperatures. And pests. Don’t forget warmer temperatures lead to more pests.

I will be shocked if civilization hasn’t collapsed before 2100 based on our current trajectory.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Get rekt, me!

Edit: my stupid typo

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