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Humanity from Space

The Population Clock

3m 30s

It took humanity 11.5 thousand years to reach a global population of one billion people, but only another 130 years to double that. Up until now, humanity has been successful in developing the means to sustain this level of growth, but how can we continue to provide the food, water and power required as the world’s population is set to increase by two billion over a single generation?

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Humanity from Space
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Discover our interconnected technological world from the perspective of space.
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Preview
Learn how seemingly small flashes of innovation have changed the course of civilization.
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