Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Scientists Map Out Scenario of Global Population Crash by 2064
Newsweek ^ | May 27, 2026 | Marni Rose McFall

Posted on 05/30/2026 5:15:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Scientists have mapped out a scenario of a global population crisis by the year 2064.

The research by Alessio Zaccone and the late Kostya Trachenko, published in the journal Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, uses a simple math equation to show how the world’s population has grown over the last 12,000 years. The model is then used to explore future possible scenarios.

One such scenario is that if Earth had an abrupt limit on how many people it can support, the global population could halve as early as 2064.

“Global population growth may be more sensitive to environmental and societal pressures than many traditional population models assumed,” Zaccone told Newsweek by email. “The study is not meant to predict the future with certainty, but rather to explore how human populations might respond under different stress scenarios.”

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: population; stupidpremise
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-35 next last

1 posted on 05/30/2026 5:15:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

Paul Erlich Lives!


2 posted on 05/30/2026 5:18:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If it ain't fun, you ain't doin' it right.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

look at the picture of the writer of the article- its like she’s posting for online dating...


3 posted on 05/30/2026 5:19:03 PM PDT by God luvs America
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

Sure, but only 4.66 years left.


4 posted on 05/30/2026 5:19:45 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

Damn! I’ll probably be dead and miss it.


5 posted on 05/30/2026 5:26:26 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: God luvs America
LOL...or she is high as a kite...

I like Grok's expert styling touch. With Grok, you can go catfishing and reel in some big ones.


6 posted on 05/30/2026 5:29:17 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

Revelation 6:8
[8]So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.


7 posted on 05/30/2026 5:39:21 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

People make decisions; not populations.

People are having less kids because they are very expensive and infant mortality is a sad story in our past that isn’t (thank God) happening any longer. The birthrate is going down even in the least developed countries.

In any case, the decision to have kids, or one kid, or no kids is mostly in the hands of the parents (except in China, which has truly screwed over the country with the older one child enforcement).

BUT—it’s not the atmosphere, nature, lack of resources or global warming... It’s hundreds of millions of people deciding.


8 posted on 05/30/2026 5:42:55 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alas Babylon!
People are having less kids because they are very expensive

Interesting to note that people are not having kids in the developed world while they are having them in poor nations.

9 posted on 05/30/2026 5:44:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

you kjnow what will cause a population crash? A supervolcano on the likes of Toba, where some 10,000 are estimated to have survived—that was some 70K years ago. We have been bunnies since.


10 posted on 05/30/2026 5:50:00 PM PDT by abigkahuna
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

More drug-induced crap...


11 posted on 05/30/2026 5:51:58 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

i would date the one on the bottom in a second...the one on the top?? I’d be afraid of catching a disease!!!


12 posted on 05/30/2026 5:57:31 PM PDT by God luvs America
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

Well they should be celebrating, right😎


13 posted on 05/30/2026 6:00:20 PM PDT by blitz128
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

AI will cover it 🤔
AI truck drivers, farmers taxis, musicians , actors, robots making burgers and pizzas,…..


14 posted on 05/30/2026 6:02:08 PM PDT by blitz128
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

It’s due to the AWFULs.


15 posted on 05/30/2026 6:02:18 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Can’t stand fake lips, they remind me of a sucker fish on the inside of an aquarium. Or a baboon’s ass. But that’s just me. :)


16 posted on 05/30/2026 6:05:59 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

Paul Ehrlich’s unborn great, great grandkids will probably sue.

How Dare You!


17 posted on 05/30/2026 6:14:48 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican
uses a simple math equation

The Reverend Malthus approves!

18 posted on 05/30/2026 6:15:38 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alas Babylon!

“...less kids...”

Fewer?


19 posted on 05/30/2026 6:22:00 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican

Back in the day, Rush would refute this with simple math which showed you could take the entire population of the Erf and place them all in Texas.

MIC DROP!


20 posted on 05/30/2026 6:34:43 PM PDT by shotgun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-35 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson