Imagine what it would be like to live in an overpopulated area. Now imagine what an overpopulated world would be like to live in. In today’s world the population is constantly increasing and will continue to for years. The continuous growth of Earth’s population will eventually lead to a population that is incredibly dense. Over population is when the community becomes so dense that it starts to deteriorate the community and its standard of living. This is an issue that needs to be taken very serious if it happens because it is a concern that will affect everyone. Global overpopulation will have harmful effects on our planet, such as depletion of natural resources, harming of other species, and several other effects. As the world’s population
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Overpopulation will increase the amount of people who die from malnutrition and epidemics. Tribes and civilizations around the Earth go days without food at times. The tribe cannot afford to go out and grow more food for themselves and have to suffer the results. The reason that overpopulation effects malnutrition and food production is due to the fact that there is less land to grow crops. The article “World overpopulation” written by David Pimentel supports this. Pimentel says “Current food production is becoming limited because of shortages of cropland, fresh water…These resource shortages are increasing along with the rapid growth in human population” (Pimentel 15). The population will grow at a rate that is faster than food production. This means that civilizations will not be able to support themselves and will become malnourished. The effect that overpopulation will have on food would not stop at malnourishment. Malnourishment can lead to the inability to mentally develop, cause death, and lower the level of productivity (Pimentel 151). If our global population grows at an exponential rate these events will spread to other areas of the world. As a result, more and more people will suffer from malnutrition and starvation causing more deaths per year. Also, with more people living in one area the risk of spreading a disease increases. This is because malnourishment will cause the body to not be able to fight disease, which in turn will infect the rest of the population due to its density. The overpopulation of Earth will have many harmful effects to the Earth itself and to everything that lives on its surface and in its
Overpopulation will increase the amount of people who die from malnutrition and epidemics. Tribes and civilizations around the Earth go days without food at times. The tribe cannot afford to go out and grow more food for themselves and have to suffer the results. The reason that overpopulation effects malnutrition and food production is due to the fact that there is less land to grow crops. The article “World overpopulation” written by David Pimentel supports this. Pimentel says “Current food production is becoming limited because of shortages of cropland, fresh water…These resource shortages are increasing along with the rapid growth in human population” (Pimentel 15). The population will grow at a rate that is faster than food production. This means that civilizations will not be able to support themselves and will become malnourished. The effect that overpopulation will have on food would not stop at malnourishment. Malnourishment can lead to the inability to mentally develop, cause death, and lower the level of productivity (Pimentel 151). If our global population grows at an exponential rate these events will spread to other areas of the world. As a result, more and more people will suffer from malnutrition and starvation causing more deaths per year. Also, with more people living in one area the risk of spreading a disease increases. This is because malnourishment will cause the body to not be able to fight disease, which in turn will infect the rest of the population due to its density. The overpopulation of Earth will have many harmful effects to the Earth itself and to everything that lives on its surface and in its