A controversial construction project on the coast of P.E.I. has been the subject of residents' ire for months, thanks to a large stone seawall that critics say severely restricts access to the public beach. But the property's owners say the seawall mitigates erosion.
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The global population could reach 10 billion by 2050; explosive population growth is contributing to a broad array of other challenges for the planet.
Without immediate and drastic intervention, humans face a “ghastly future” including declining health, climate devastation, tens of millions of environmental migrants and more pandemics in the next several decades, according to an international team of 17 prominent scientists.
In a paper published Jan. 13 in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science, the researchers cite more than 150 scientific studies and conclude, “That we are already on the path of a sixth major extinction is now scientifically undeniable.”