the first global analysis of satellite data by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( nasa ) has revealed an interesting finding. Collating 15 years of data, scientists have come

The urban population is rapidly growing the world over. Cities draw migrants with the promise of

Out of more than half the world population that are wannabe urban Bourbons, larger number of women and children will have to rough it out

If the present birth rate continues, Pakistan's population will grow by leaps and bounds and by the year 2050, it will rank third behind China and India. This has been projected by a study

RITA ANAND looks at changes in Himalayan forest cover in historical perspective, focusing on the Kaghan Valley in northern Pakistan

A GIANT question mark casts a shadow over Norway's whale census, Recent revelations in a confidential document from the Norwegian Computing Centre and the University of Oslo disclose errors

By AD 2025, 4.3 billion people will be living in Asia, nearly 2.5 billion in the urban areas. Claustrophobic mayhem. There will be more people in Southeast Asia's cities scrabbling for vegetables

Kanyakumari stands testimony to the fact that unchecked population growth and faulty land use can lead to water scarcity even in places wallowing in it

THE Cairo conference turned into yet another example of the governments of rich countries bullying the poor ones into accepting their self-centred perception of how the world's natural resources

The abortion issue was given more importance than it deserved at the recent Cairo conference on population

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