Eric Benedek

1/11/2021:

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Ms. Watt

The human population will reach its carrying capacity!

Humanity will eventually reach its population capacity here on Earth, in fact, it might
already be overpopulated in some countries. To begin with, humans are rapidly
displacing wildlife species all over the world, resulting in a major extinction crisis.
Second, we are damaging ecosystems that provide vital, irreplaceable environmental
services that future generations will require in order to live decently. Both of these
developments are fueled in great part by massive and unprecedented human
populations. Earth is overpopulated because there are too many of us to share the
planet properly with other species and future human generations. For billions of poor
people living in precarious situations around the world, overpopulation already exists: on
inappropriate land, in dangerous dwellings, without freshwater, or in badly polluted
environments. Natural disasters such as drought, flooding, and earthquakes may kill
people, but so does overcrowding, which makes people more vulnerable. The 3 most
overpopulated cities are Al-Raqqa–Syria, Surat–India and Mumbai-India. If you search
these cities up on google you will find images of horrible overpopulation… poverty and
suffering. We currently have a population of 7.8 billion people, with the United Nations
predicting a nearly 3.5 billion growth by 2100 if current trends continue. When we
compare the population in 1960 (3 billion) to the population today, we can see how
overpopulated we are. It is crucial to acknowledge that overpopulation exists in many
rich countries with excessive consumption rates as well as many impoverished ones
with excessive fertility rates. Every effort should be made to minimize consumption rates
as well as high birth rates; these two actions, taken together, would provide a much
brighter future for humanity.
Resources:

https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/population

https://borgenproject.org/most-overpopulated-cities/

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