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Topic: overpopulation

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Humanity just hit 8 billion. What now?

Troy Farah
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The looming fertility crash

Matthew Rozsa
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Family planning and a sustainable future

Robert Engelman - Independent Media Institute
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Charles Darwin's great-great-grandson

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When humans go extinct

Lindsay Abrams

Visions of a fallen world

Lindsay Abrams
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Salon Staff
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Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams

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Jason Bittel
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Alan Weisman (Bill Steen)

Weisman: We're the problem

Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams

New villain: Overpopulation

Seth Walker
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How to protect my children?

Cary Tennis
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Katie McDonough
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