Sentences with phrase «runaway human population growth»
POPULATION AND SUSTAINABILITY Protect species and habitats by raising awareness about runaway human population growth and unsustainable consumption.
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LINDAU, Germany — A 93 - year - old Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine received a standing ovation from hundreds of scientists on June 30 at the end of a speech in which he urged the world's young people to take measures to control runaway population growth in order to resolve related ills that have resulted from humans» remarkable evolutionary success as a species.
Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich still sees runaway population growth as a threat to the planet, but is hopeful that humans can avoid the first catastrophic collapse of a global civilization.