US EditionPaul Ehrlich, ‘Population Bomb’ ecologist, dies at 93
Ehrlich’s 1968 book sold over 2 million copies and shaped environmental policy despite many predictions proving inaccurate, influencing debates on population and biodiversity loss.
- Authorities reported Paul Ehrlich, a Stanford ecologist, died in March at age 93, known for his influential work on population and ecology.
- Published in 1968, The Population Bomb argued rapid population growth threatened resources amid historically high global growth and recent food shortages in the late 1960s context.
- Ehrlich wrote or co-wrote more than 40 books and hundreds of papers, often collaborating with Anne Ehrlich, and co-authored the seminal 1964 paper with botanist Peter Raven.
- The failed Simon wager and accusations of alarmism became defining controversies of his public career, with critics saying his focus on population growth influenced mass sterilization programmes in India and China's one-child policy.
- Debates over population and planetary limits continue among economists, ecologists and policymakers, and Ehrlich kept warning of collapse as late as 2018.
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Paul R. Ehrlich died, the world-famous biologist proved the pessimism privilege: Doing immense damage with false predictions – and still receiving awards and media appearances. A shocking review.
The American Conservative
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Insect-ifying Humanity: The Paul Ehrlich Legacy
Dr. Paul Ralph Ehrlich (1933-2026), who passed away last week at the age of 93, was perhaps the world’s most famous opinionator on the population question since Reverend T.R. Malthus himself. An unabashed apostle of population control and prophet of impending worldwide demographic catastrophe, he preached a secular gospel of "overpopulation" and eco-apocalypse from his perch at Stanford University for over 50 years.The post Insect-ifying Humanit…
Morganton News Herald
'Population bomb' author was wrong about everything
Biologist and author Paul Ehrlich, the most influential Chicken Little of the last century, recently died at the age of 93. His 1968 book, "The Population Bomb," launched decades of institutional panic in government, entertainment and journalism.
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