https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/overpopulation/RSS feed for OverpopulationenMon, 16 Sep 2024 13:57:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/easter-islands-ancient-population-never-faced-ecological-collapse-suggests-another-study-180985069/New DNA analysis adds to growing research indicating the famous Pacific island did not collapse from overuse of resources before the arrival of EuropeansMon, 16 Sep 2024 13:57:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/easter-islands-ancient-population-never-faced-ecological-collapse-suggests-another-study-180985069/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-old-experiment-with-mice-led-to-bleak-predictions-for-humanitys-future-180954423/From the 1950s to the 1970s, researcher John Calhoun gave rodents unlimited food and studied their behavior in overcrowded conditionsThu, 26 Feb 2015 19:15:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-old-experiment-with-mice-led-to-bleak-predictions-for-humanitys-future-180954423/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/easter-island-did-not-collapse-from-overuse-of-resources-after-all-study-suggests-180984591/A new paper contradicts the idea that people used up the island's resources and experienced a significant population decline, instead proposing that a small society lived there sustainablyTue, 25 Jun 2024 16:56:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/easter-island-did-not-collapse-from-overuse-of-resources-after-all-study-suggests-180984591/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/near-future-average-human-projected-be-taller-heavier-leading-increased-food-demand-180970791/Between 1975 and 2014, average adult grew 1.3 percent taller and 14 percent heavier, triggering 6.1 percent uptick in energy consumptionTue, 13 Nov 2018 17:05:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/near-future-average-human-projected-be-taller-heavier-leading-increased-food-demand-180970791/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/should-us-cities-use-congestion-pricing-to-ease-traffic-180968107/New York may soon charge a fee to drive into central Manhattan as a way of reducing traffic and raising funds for public transitThu, 08 Feb 2018 17:46:12 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/should-us-cities-use-congestion-pricing-to-ease-traffic-180968107/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/book-incited-worldwide-fear-overpopulation-180967499/'The Population Bomb' made dire predictions—and triggered a wave of repression around the worldTue, 02 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/book-incited-worldwide-fear-overpopulation-180967499/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/easter-island-couldve-been-fairly-crowded-180965020/A new agricultural analysis of the island finds that the crop could have supported more than 17,000 peopleTue, 26 Sep 2017 16:03:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/easter-island-couldve-been-fairly-crowded-180965020/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/save-australias-ecosystem-ecologists-say-eat-kangaroos-180964846/With a soaring population, the iconic marsupials are overwhelming other species and may soon run out of foodTue, 12 Sep 2017 13:52:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/save-australias-ecosystem-ecologists-say-eat-kangaroos-180964846/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/china-will-end-its-one-child-policy-180957092/Under new rules, Chinese families can have two childrenThu, 29 Oct 2015 15:07:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/china-will-end-its-one-child-policy-180957092/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/world-hit-peak-chicken-2006-180954037/The popular poultry is just one of many key food resources that hit peak production between 5 and 30 years agoTue, 27 Jan 2015 15:06:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/world-hit-peak-chicken-2006-180954037/