China population set for 51 million drop as pro-birth moves fail ~society politics Article 67 words 29 votes
Climate change and fish farming are endangering the future of Norway's Atlantic salmon ~enviro climate change Link 6 votes
Japan faces labor shortages and demographic crisis as elderly population hits record high ~society Article 43 votes
When Rob Barrett surveyed one of Norway's largest seabird colonies in the '70s there were too many birds to count – stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline ~enviro Article 1171 words 13 votes
Why have salmon deserted Norway's rivers? Salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish's future. ~enviro climate change Article 1004 words 8 votes
Where have all the insects gone? The tiny creatures on which the world depends seem to be in decline. But what does the data really say — and what is to be done? ~enviro Link 35 votes
Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’ ~enviro conservation Article 527 words 15 votes
Cuba admits to massive emigration wave: a million people left in two years amid crisis ~news cuba politics Article 1080 words, published Jul 19 2024 14 votes
Iberian lynx no longer endangered after numbers improve in Spain and Portugal ~enviro Article 754 words 22 votes
‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence ~enviro Article 612 words 8 votes
The methodical plan to erase Chicago ~design urban planning architecture.hierarchical mesh Video 14:47 5 votes
Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492 ~enviro Link 9 votes
Fertility rates are falling in the rich world. But there are still plenty of people to go round. ~life Article 1022 words, published Mar 3 2024 21 votes
The relative share of Americans living in the West of the US has declined ~life housing Link 21 votes
Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities ~enviro energy.renewable Article 948 words 27 votes
US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover ~enviro conservation Article 1129 words 12 votes
You can’t even pay people to have more kids ~health Article 2480 words, published Nov 27 2023 59 votes
Population decline in Japan has led to more than 8000 public school closures since 2002 ~life education Article 625 words 59 votes
Migrants are driving Canada's population surge despite declining birth rate: StatsCan ~life Article 570 words 17 votes
It’s not just Japan: Aging populations threaten several leading economies ~society Article 270 words 35 votes
We do not know the population of every country in the world for the past two thousand years ~humanities.history Article 6551 words 9 votes
How deep-sea mining for EV materials could wipe out tuna populations ~enviro pollution Article 9 votes
White-nose syndrome in bats was detected in Texas in February 2020. Scientists are only now understanding the population loss. ~science biology Article 1863 words 9 votes
Phoenix area can’t meet groundwater demands over next century ~enviro water.ground Article 1721 words, published Jun 1 2023 10 votes
Study finds trash, household crowding increase risk for three dangerous, mosquito-borne illnesses in Kenya ~health Article 1013 words 3 votes
What Denmark's dead hedgehogs tell us about their lives – and how we can help them ~enviro conservation Article 995 words 3 votes
World's oldest European hedgehog discovered in Denmark – posthumous discovery gives conservationists hope for the mammals' future preservation ~enviro conservation Article 753 words 4 votes
Japan’s business owners can’t find successors. This man is giving his away. ~finance business economics Article 1567 words 9 votes
US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered ~science biology Article 615 words 2 votes
Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals ~enviro Article 1018 words, published Oct 12 2022 7 votes
Megalopolis: How coastal west Africa will shape the coming century ~life Article 4597 words, published Oct 27 2022 8 votes
Gothenburg is on a $100bn building spree ~design urban planning architecture Article 1521 words 6 votes
Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population collapses ~enviro climate change Article 575 words 16 votes
‘A profound betrayal of trust’: Why Jackson’s water system is broken ~society Article 3390 words, published Mar 24 2021 8 votes
World population to reach eight billion this year, as growth rate slows ~enviro Article 1072 words 14 votes
Canada’s boar war - Wild pigs are invasive, destructive and dangerous, and their populations in Canada are exploding out of control. How can we fight back? ~enviro Article 4793 words 12 votes
Europe's newest industrial megaprojects are relocating to the far north of Sweden – but are curling, wild reindeer and the northern lights enough to convince workers to follow? ~life work Article 1876 words 12 votes
Finland has an ageing population and a labor shortage – despite government programs, immigrants and their families are not always greeted with open arms ~life work Article 499 words, published Nov 7 2017 7 votes
China set to report first population decline in five decades ~society Article 809 words, published Apr 27 2021 10 votes
Seeking to capitalize on a growing population that is increasingly less poor, American and Chinese tech giants clash in Africa ~tech Link 5 votes