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World Service,03 Aug 2001,26 mins

A head-count for the next Century

Science In Action

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What are the environmental implications of a new study that predicts that in the next century the human population will peak at 8.4 billion? The current threat from the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines is from water, not lava. The mosquito is the "most dangerous animal in the world because it kills more people with malaria than any other animal that affects human beings." So how does the mosquito detect its human prey? Road safety in the cold climate in Iceland.

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