Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity overconsumes planet's resources after just seven months in 2024

Stuart Stone
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Humanity's demand for natural resources has today surpassed Earth’s capacity to regenerate them after just seven months of 2024, according to the Global Footprint Network

Today has been designated as 'Earth Overshoot Day', marking the date in the calendar on which society's demands for natural resources surpass what the planet is able to regenerate in a given year. Designated...

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