India, March 17 -- Influential Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, dies at 93

His warnings on overpopulation and environmental collapse shaped - and polarised - global debate

Critics challenged his dire predictions as exaggerated, while supporters saw them as prescient

His work helped bring ecology, population and sustainability into mainstream political discourse

Ehrlich's legacy underscores the uneasy relationship between science, policy and public opinion

Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, who died March 13, 2026, in Palo Alto, California, was a scientific crusader whose dire predictions about population growth, world hunger and environmental collapse made headlines and sparked controversy for ...