Newsletterswxxi/Flickr How many people can Earth handle? This year, the human population on Earth is expected to reach eight billion. To mark the occasion, BBC Future takes a look at one of the most controversial issues of our time.
Impacts www.downtoearth.org.in Rakesh Kalshian: Overpopulation is not the source of all our ills In these times of climate change, the world needs fresh ideas to get out of the logjam over whether population is a curse or a resource.