Will the planet eventually run out of burial space?
In short: With an estimated 100.8 billion humans having lived and died throughout history, the sheer scale of human mortality poses a profound logistical question: where do all those bodies go?
Farnaz Khatibi Jafari explores the evolution of human burial practices and the changing ways we treat the deceased. As the global population increases by approximately 0.8% each year, the video examines the historical trajectory of interment and the growing concern over whether our planet possesses finite space for the dead.
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