7 Billion

Today is the day that the population of the earth was expected to reach seven billion people. By the year 2045, we may have nine billion! How is the earth going to handle so many? To mark the occasion, the Neatorama Spotlight Blog looks at National Geographic’s year-long series on world population. The images are from National Geographic magazine’s new “7 Billion” app, based on its year-long series on world population, now available as a free app for iPad. Link

(Image credit: ©John Stanmeyer/National Geographic)