Summary: The main purpose of the article "The world’s population is nearing 8 billion. That’s not great news" written by by Erin Davis and Brandon Griggs is to inform the readers about the explosive population growth that has happened since 1987 when it hit 5 billion people and now it is currently at 7.7 billion and by 2050 to add another 2 billion people. So there is concern of overpopulation right now so we need to think about the globe for the future. The article also talked about some areas talking about losing population like for example China and Japan by seeing a drop by 1 percent…