Overpopulation
Overpopulation is becoming one of the fastest growing problems facing our human civilization. This serious condition is growing every year, every minute, and every second. It’s the root of most, if not all, of the world’s problems. Our planet now provides around 5.8 billion people, projected to be around 10 billion by the year 2050. One very serious effect of the population explosion is its devastating effects on the global environment. Increasing amounts of food, energy, and shelter are required to fulfill the needs of human society.
Much of our energy is derived from the burning of fossil fuels. The amount of land required for food production alone will grow larger and larger, while the amount of available land will
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One of the major causes of over population has resulted in global warming. Some believe global warming is a myth, but evidence over the past several decades has shown us this is a real major problem for our earth. The ice at both poles is melting at a high rate, and the weather patterns have been altered all around the world. Iceland is now a tropical rain forest. The ozone layer is badly damages, leading to an unknown costs to the planets and animals, including and increasing amount of skin cancer to us.
All of this is caused from overpopulation. This has been happening for thousands of years. The population began to skyrocket with the industrial revolution, and the last century’s modern medical break thoughts and better nutrition for most people. The only way the world is going to survive is with less people. This means less demand on our lands and waters and air which would help the environment. Population control has implications in economics the environment, sociology, philosophy, family, politics, religion, sexuality, and individual rights. China has placed incentives on people giving them better tax
breaks for only having only 2 children. Chinas efforts have been successful in the city, however china’s population still continues to grow because their laws are impossible to enforce in the countryside and borderlands. Many would agree that this imposes on our rights as humans as well as
In recent years, Earth’s issues have become increasingly politicized, publicized, and economically important. When you examine how the environment affects us and how we affect it, it’s easy to see that overpopulation is one of earths most pressing environmental issues.
Population Growth is an issue that exists in today’s world that needs to be confronted before it becomes out of hand. The population itself has reached overwhelming numbers making it a problem that could turn to be dangerous. The amount of humans that the earth can support or the carrying capacity is slowly rising but at a much slower rate than the population growth rate. The increasing growth rate has its negative effects environmentally, agriculturally, socially, and economically and also has its positive effects nationally, and economically. The government is brainstorming and trying to come up with ways to decrease
China is the world's most populous nation and its population has, on average, increased by over 25 people every minute, every day for the past 40 years. (Richards 5) For a developing country such as China, with 22 percent of the world's population and only 7 percent of the world's arable land, rapid and persistent population growth can contribute significantly to the nation's poverty levels and restrain its potential for economic growth. (Gu 42) China's one-child family policy was first announced in 1979. In a 1979 speech, Deng Xiaoping drew the first outlines of a policy to limit population growth, "Use whatever means you must to control China's population. Just do it." (Mosher 50)
Overpopulation, pollution, global warming, climate change, genetic modification, ocean acidification, water/soil pollution, deforestation, acid rain, and ozone depletion are among some of the main factors that have a negative impact on the planet. Overpopulation is one the most concerning environmental issues currently. Overpopulation is defined as the human population of a specific area exceeding the carrying capacity. Overpopulation can occur from an increase in births mainly or a decline in deaths. Also, other factors that affect overpopulation can be an increase in immigration or a depletion of resources. It was stated by the United Nations that the worth has a total carrying capacity of somewhere between 4 and 16 billion. Currently we hold over 7 billion humans on Earth. As of 2017 the UN has increased their population predictions to 9.8 billion by 2050 and up to 15 billion by 2100. Pollution we hear about every day.
1a. China and Japan are both industrialized countries where population is decreasing; however, they are both decreasing due to different social, economic, or political factors. With 1.33 billion people, China has been one of the world’s most populous countries, however due to the overpopulation crisis; it caused implications and strain upon the country’s energy and resources. This called for the government attention to fix the issue of overpopulation by developing the “one-child policy” which limits couples to having only one child each. The overall outcome of the policy was to reduce population growth, increase economic growth, limit poverty, and to create better health for the citizens of China. Governments
Human population growth is becoming a huge issue in our world today. The population is increasing rapidly. The reason that it is becoming a concern is because it has affected the economic, environmental, and social aspects of our world. In the film Frontline: Heat, we can see how there might not be a future for our planet unless we are able to reduce the emissions and make our world a safe place. Not only for the present but also for future generations so that they are able to live long and healthy lives.
When America started, the first settlers weren’t required to have documentation. So when did the fascination for documentation start? As people started seeing the new world as a place for a better life, more immigrants came to America. However to prevent overpopulation, the American government decided to stop and slow down immigration. On September 1727, America started to construct inspections on immigrants arriving to ensure that diseases weren’t going to be spread here. Though it wasn’t until the Plantation Act of 1740 where residents started getting naturalized. Nevertheless the first illegal aliens to appear here was in 1808, after foreign slave trade became illegal. Since then, the United States has naturalized many of their residents throughout the centuries after issues have been solved. With illegal immigration becoming a popular issue it is important to know the cause for its developing popularity, such as affecting the citizens, government’s obligation to satisfy its citizens, and government’s need for control.
Human population in general in the whole world is an expanding issue. Overpopulation occurs if the number of people in the world exceeds the carrying capacity of the region. Education, modern contraception, economy, fertility rates, poverty, technology and environmental sustainability all are everyday issues that come in account to population. James K. Arinaitwe, young man from Uganda personally experienced the harsh life growing up living each and every day working hard labor only to feed himself and avoid getting shot and killed. According to the article written by James, America is eager to form an ally with East Africa. James’ opinion in the article is that America is funding too much money to the government and fighting the L.R.A. Africa has many other more important issues, like education for example. The country would not have so many issues with rebels and and
Beyond a doubt we urgently need to address the devastating global issue of population growth in the United States America before we destroy our planet. We are facing many devastating economic problems, such as pollution, global warming, education, but the most critical is overconsumption. Overpopulation is a huge problem in the United States of America, which is causing us to run out of natural resources. The human race is already too large and is destroying the natural systems that support us. There are many solutions to this problem, but the common factor is controlling the human race. What can we do as a society to help contribute to controlling the population growth? “The United States is the most overpopulated country in the world” (Ehrlich).
The world is growing at an extremely fast rate which will lead to an unhealthy place for people to live in. If current trends persist, there will be 2.5 billion more people on the planet by mid-century. It will be difficult to feed that many people. There are many problems with population growth and the laws associated with it, but there are also ways to counteract these issues. By spreading awareness, creating laws, and more family planning we can prevent population from growing out of control.
The current global population of 7.6 billion people is expected to reach 11.2 billion in 2100 (UN DESA), and as the Earth’s population continues to grow exponentially, the topic of environmental sustainability is being debated with increased urgency. In the past few years, many large-scale environmental issues have emerged due to human activities: climate change, air and water pollution, rising sea levels, habitat loss, species extinction, and worsening natural disasters are all becoming more and more prevalent. But perhaps our most immediate concern should be whether or not we will be able to continue feeding this ever-increasing population.
As much as we direct the environmental dialogue on fuel emissions and renewable energy, we shift focus from a topic that is mother to all of ecological issues: the earth wasn’t intended to sustain the human population as it is and definitely not as it would be according to most estimates. Although talks of curbing the population through widespread viral pandemic or mass extinction maybe a slightly radical yet efficient approach, a serious discussion on overpopulation and its ecological effects needs to be had in the near future. An article on the state of the world by Wuliam Halal and Michael Marien, titled "Global MegaCrisis: Four Scenarios, Two Perspectives," appeared in The Futurist magazine for May-June 2011. It paints an impending global crisis, a perfect storm resulting from a congruence of the problems afflicting the world today, including climate change, environmental destruction,
It is predicted by the year 2050 the world's population will have increased to over 9 billion people. (International...) If this prediction comes true the world will become overpopulated and cause problems like famine, the world already struggles with feeding the amount of people alive today. A second problem is housing, in underdeveloped countries there is already a struggle with giving people places to live, so companies clear land to build houses but that leads to habitat loss and animal loss. The third reason is disease, if a disease was started and spread when the world was overpopulated the disease could eliminate half of the human population.
Overpopulation continues to be the leading driver of hunger, desertification, species depletion, and a range of social problems across the planet. China is the world's most populous nation with around 1.357 billion people and India, with 1.252 billion, is catching up fast. Combined, the two nations share more than one-third of the world's population. Both of the countries are grappling with huge populations and the problems that arise with them, but they have chosen to employ drastically different ways of coping. The population of China has become managed as a result of the One Child Policy. Fifty years ago, China was the most populous country in the world, and while it still is, the population has not grown as much as it would have if the
It stands to reason that the planet we live on has a finite limit of resources: water, air, and land. More people mean more industry, which means an increase in the resources we consume and the more emissions we produce. There is also evidence to support theories regarding human contribution to global warming and climate change.