As Earth surpasses 8 billion people, ‘the planet can feed and sustain billions more,’ demographer says

[ad_1] Eight billion: That’s the number of people now living on planet Earth, according to a UN report. And it took only 11 years for the world’s population to grow from 7 billion to 8 billion. In a symbolic move, a baby girl born today in the Philippines was welcomed as number 8 billion, especially since it’s difficult to accurately calculate the number of people in the world, with sums possibly being off by a…

"As Earth surpasses 8 billion people, ‘the planet can feed and sustain billions more,’ demographer says"