Thomas Malthus was an ecologist that declared in his book The Population Time Bomb that worldwide famine was inevitable when human population growth exceeded food production.

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Thomas Malthus was an economist and cleric who, in his book "An Essay on the Principle of Population" published in 1798, argued that population growth would eventually outpace food production, leading to widespread famine. The book "The Population Bomb" was written by Paul R. Ehrlich in 1968, which predicted mass starvation due to overpopulation.

Thomas Malthus Was an Ecologist That Declared in His Book