FERTILITY
Reproductive crisis looms as sperm count falls, study finds
Humans could face a reproductive crisis if action is not taken to tackle a drop in sperm count, researchers warned after finding the rate of decline is accelerating.
A study published in the journal Human Reproduction Update, based on 153 estimates from men who were probably unaware of their fertility, suggests the average sperm concentration fell from an estimated 101.2m per ml to 49.0m between 1973 and 2018 – a drop of 51.6%.
Looking at data collected in all continents since 1972,
