Earth's resources used up at fastest rate in '16
Humans have used up a year's worth of natural resources in over seven months, making it the quickest consumption rate ever, according to a new report. The "Earth overshoot day", falling on August 8 this year, fell on August 13 last year. About three-quarters of Earth's annual resources were used in 1961, and by 1970s, the overshooting began, it added.