{"id":4142,"date":"2012-04-16T13:12:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T21:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2012-04-16T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T21:12:39","slug":"from-nytimes-in-nigeria-a-preview-of-an-overpopulated-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/16\/from-nytimes-in-nigeria-a-preview-of-an-overpopulated-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"(from NYTimes) &#8216;In Nigeria, a preview of an overpopulated planet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN EXCERPT: \u00a0 &#8220;The United Nations estimates that the global population will stabilize at 10 billion in 2100, assuming that declining birthrates will eventually yield a global average of 2.1 children per woman. At a rate of even 2.6, Dr. Guengant said, the number becomes 16 billion.&#8221;\u00a0 <em>New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To read the full story, click on the pic:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Nigeria Tested by Rapid Rise in Population\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F04%2F15%2Fworld%2Fafrica%2Fin-nigeria-a-preview-of-an-overcrowded-planet.html#?secret=Jx7o5Ey6Zg\" data-secret=\"Jx7o5Ey6Zg\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/15\/world\/africa\/in-nigeria-a-preview-of-an-overcrowded-planet.html?_r=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4143\" title=\"population-articleLarge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/population-articleLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/population-articleLarge.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/population-articleLarge-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To peruse all ZBlog posts, click on &#8216;The Zephyr&#8217; at the top of the page.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EXCERPT: \u00a0 &#8220;The United Nations estimates that the global population will stabilize at 10 billion in 2100, assuming that declining birthrates will eventually yield a global average of 2.1 children per woman. At a rate of even 2.6, Dr. Guengant said, the number becomes 16 billion.&#8221;\u00a0 New York Times To read the full story, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4147,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions\/4147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}