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Environment & Energy

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5. The planet is now home to the equivalent of 150 billion human foragers

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 08:28 AM

Aug 2015

...when it can sustain perhaps 50 million foragers without suffering generalized damage to the biosphere.

This effect is hardly surprising.

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Every Forest Biome on Earth Is Actively Dying Right Now [View all] n2doc Aug 2015 OP

illbesttingdown' and reading the whole article later tonight. truedelphi Aug 2015 #1

The planet is now home to the equivalent of 150 billion human foragers GliderGuider Aug 2015 #5

Interesting NathanSharp Aug 2015 #6

Can you make tea from ma huang? That would sell. GliderGuider Aug 2015 #7

For the first time in my 72 year-old life, Bigmack Aug 2015 #9

Increasingly Severe Disturbances Weaken World’s Temperate Forests OKIsItJustMe Aug 2015 #10