Effects Of Overpopulation

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"The Population Explosion
Almost two centuries ago, authors such as Thomas Malthus warned that overpopulation could threaten human welfare. More recently, such growth has been occurring at increasingly greater rates. Demographers now project that, if current trends continue, the world's inhabitants could number 8.5 billion within 35 years, and possibly well over 10 billion by the year 2050. Such growth will have adverse affects on both nonrenewable and renewable resources. Moreover, it is certain to cause severe degradation of the environment. Unless humans prove capable of controlling their own reproduction, the species, Homo sapiens, may ultimately be faced with its own extinction.


In 1987, the number of human beings living on the Earth passed the five billion mark. Since about 1600, human population..."

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