Annotated By David Attenborough: Article Analysis

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David Attenborough claims that the planet is currently overpopulated, and that’s what’s causing the food shortages today and for in the future. He plans on getting more people to realize that the Earth is overpopulated and he’s trying to get the overpopulation issue contained or fixed. This article was published in 2012 and he’s still pushing this issue. He wrote this article to try and help other people to realize that there is overpopulation, and try to get them to help them contain this. This source helped me figure out that there is an overpopulation and it’s just getting worse and the food shortages will definitely get worse. I’m going to add the fact that there is already an overpopulation into my project. This source was extremely useful

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