It might sound like the evil plan of a nefarious villain, but scientists now say that we need to halve Earth’s population to save the planet.
Over the last 100 years, the world’s population has ballooned from less than two billion to 8.3 billion people.
However, researchers say our planet cannot sustain this explosive growth for much longer.
Now, in a proposal that will remind movie fans of Thanos’ plot in Avengers: Infinity War, scientists argue that the population needs to be ‘eased’ down to four billion by 2200.
However, rather than the instant destruction envisioned in that blockbuster hit, the scientists say that
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