What impact does Overpopulation have on the environment?
Overpopulation does not just affect the standard of living, but also the environment. Every person on the planet takes up space, but space is needed for farmland, and forests. People make more rubbish that make pollution that flow into water systems, and animal habitats, polluting water, and killing wildlife. Many people cannot bathe or brush their teeth because of the status of the water in their land. Forests are being torn down as more wood and land is needed to support our ever-growing population. The loss of these forests leads to extinction of plants and animals. These plants could contain cures for diseases that will never be found. Losing trees also means there will be less fruit. Urban areas are expanding, polluting the air and water systems. These areas deplete the Earth's resources, and over 2 billion hectares of arable land have already been lost, with 16 million more hectares being removed each year. In Nigeria alone, 351 000 ha of land are being removed every year. 51% of the fossil fuels on Earth are being used by USA and China alone, leaving less than half for the remaining countries, including those in Africa. In fact, most of those remaining fossil fuels go to other developed countries, leaving a dismal amount for Africans. According to the United Nations State of World Population 2007, the world will reach a milestone in 2008; half of the world's population will live in urban areas. If this number continues to grow, we could be looking at overpopulated urban areas. Overpopulation is explained in terms of the number of people in a specific area living off certain resources and the capacity of their particular environment to sustain them.
A population or any organism for that matter, do not exist in isolation. They need an environment to be alive and to live. This environment provides the energy, food and necessary requirements for life to happen. The study and understsanding of an organism and its environment ( which includes other living things as part of its environment) is the science of Ecology. It looks at the patterns and relationships (both with physical and living environment), as well as the flow of energy, resources and material through and in the environment.
Population ecology is the study of processes that affect the distribution and abundance of animal and plant populations.
Over population is one of the most important reasons that contribute to environmental pollution. The pollutions due to population increases are many; like soil population,air pollution and many more. Important among that is soil pollution.
Population increases has the requirement of land increases. Which leads to more or greater demolishing of trees. If the trees are demolished the purification of air becomes difficult which causes the disease.
As the population increases it can also makes the increases the transportation. With related environmental impacts causing more air pollution. Which can and often does lead to the disease like paralysis and many more.
As cities grow larger and larger the natural land around them is being turned into homes and office buildings. We need to set up more parks inside cities to allow for the large amount of urbanization. These parks help to beautify the city while helping to preserve our environment
people are disrespecting nature, the growing population demands more food, more clean water, and more homes. The oil is running out and it is not forever. That would be too good to be true and this is real life.
Factors such as food supply, climate, predators, disease all affect the ability of organisms to survive and reproduce.
The population affects the environment in many ways. The rising population uses up much of the earths Natural Resources and creates pollution.
it affects it by destroying the environment and polution
Generally, the smaller the particles that make up the soil, the greater the density. For example, clay is more dense than sand, and sand more dense then organic soil.
As the earth formed, the heavier, more dense elements sunk toward the center, while the lighter, less dense ones stayed near the surface. The result was layers of rocks of similar density.
It expands, rises, and becomes less dense.
The magma originates from the melting, subducting oceanic crust. The more dense of the oceanic crusts is forced below the less dense oceanic crust, and the presence of water makes it melt in the high temperature environment of the upper mantle. As the molten material is less dense than the surrounding material, it will attempt to rise toward the surface which may result in volcanism.
In the Mediterranean Sea the cool dense water sinks under less dense water which is called density current.
China and Taiwan
Both have populations that are not very diverse.Both are agricultural.
Mountains, deserts, oceans, and dense forests are some natural barriers that have historically hindered human movement. These physical features can be difficult to traverse and can limit access to certain regions, leading to isolation and limited interaction between different human populations.
Uranium is a possible polluting agent of the natural environment, it is not used for the environment. Various forms of uranium are used to fuel nuclear power plants, and a form with very low radioactivity (spent uranium) is used in heavy projectile weapons because it is more dense than lead.
Both have very dense populations BOI!! ~Xrod~
The Congo is considered as the natural zoo of the world because naturally there are many dense forests in the country. 70% to 80% of the land is covered by dense forests. It is also called as "The Land of The Dense Forests".
When human populations become too dense and adverse the plants start to excrete nerve toxins killing millions.
The environment and geography have a significant impact on the Micmac culture and identity. The Micmac people have a deep connection with the land and water, as they rely on natural resources for their traditional hunting, fishing, and gathering practices. The geography of mountainous terrain and dense forests shaped their way of life, as it provided them with necessary resources and influenced their cultural practices, such as shelter construction and transportation methods. Overall, the environment and geography have played a crucial role in shaping the Micmac culture and identity.
oil is more dense
Dense smoke from a forest fire - would disperse in the atmosphere. This would be an example of natural dispersion
Deserts have limited water and rainfall. They are unable to support dense animal and plant populations.
Urbanization, the process by which populations condense to form population-dense cities, has been a topic of frequent discussion in recent years.