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John Seager: Population Growth: Six Hours to Fill Yankee Stadium

Let’s put population growth into terms any baseball fan can understand. Every hour, the world population increases by about 9,100 people. At that rate, it would take less than six hours to fill up Yankee Stadium. It would be loud. It would be crowded. A lot of Slurpees and hot dogs would be needed to feed everyone.

And while crowded stadiums can be great fun, a crowded world isn’t. Our population is growing rapidly. Our Earth is not. Something has to give.

Adding 80 million people a year to the Earth’s population puts incredible strain on our natural resources. Experts project that in less than 50 years, we might add another 2 billion to 4 billion people to our planet. All of those people need food, water, clean air and space — necessities that are already running in short supply in many areas.

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