EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Population Bomb, 50 Years Later: A Conversation with Paul Ehrlich. In 1968, the best-seller “The Population Bomb, ” written by Paul and Anne Ehrlich (but credited solely to Paul) warned of the perils of overpopulation: mass starvation, societal upheaval, environmental deterioration.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Population Bomb, written with his wife Anne Ehrlich in 1968, predicted “hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death” in the 1970s – a fate that was avoided by the green revolution in intensive agriculture.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ehrlich argued that the human population was too great, and that while the extent of disaster could be mitigated, humanity could not prevent severe famines, the spread of disease, social unrest, and other negative consequences of overpopulation.