The population bomb (…fizzled out in 1989)

Population growth peaked in 1989. The world’s population is already flattening out. Women’s education is the key factor driving lower fertility rates.

End of the world – when the Sun fries the Earth

Here’s how the Sun will evolve, and what it means for life on Earth. I’m afraid there’s some really bad news 1.1 billion years from now. And then it gets worse.