Human Population Growth and Impacts | In-depth
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Human Population Growth and Impacts | In-detph
Note: Add more in-depth resources here by minding the logical order when applicable. As more resources are added, categorizations will be needed and placement for new content will need more care. Please add at least a link to the original website and a link to the WE resource page if applicable. If not, please consider spending three to five minutes to create a WiserEarth resource page for it. World Population Tops 6.6 Billions (Original link | WE link) Human Numbers Through Time Trace the dramatic growth and spread of human populations on our global map, and see where on Earth as many as three billion more people may live by 2050. (Original link | WE link) World Population: More Than Just Numbers The story of world population includes many statistics—birth rates, death rates, rates of population increase, maternal mortality rates, and so on—but the story first and foremost is about people. This report provides a quick, clear, and comprehensive discussion of world population trends in the 21st century: the status of women, longer life spans, more young people, environmental degradation, population movements, and population stories from major world regions. (Original link | WE link) Miniature Earth The Miniature Earth presentation gives a clear vista of humanity by reducing the global population to only 100. The effect enables us to see the differences on our planet more clearly, and perhaps consider how our actions can impact humanity. Where do you live in the smaller community? (Original link | WE link) Breathing Earth This presentation displays the carbon dioxide emission levels of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates - all in real time. (Original link | WE link) World in the Balance: The Population Paradox Nova investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing population in both rich and poor country. (Original link | WE link) Arithmetic, Population and Energy by Dr. Albert Bartlett The retired Professor of Physics from the University of Colorado in Boulder examines the arithmetic of steady growth, such as 5% per year, the doubling time for such growth, and the large numbers one gets when steady growth continues over modest periods of time. The examination then turns to what happens when one has steady growth in a finite environment. These concepts are applied to populations and to fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal. A series of recommendations is given for dealing with the problems that are revealed by the very simple arithmetic. (Original link | WE link) Population, Resources, and Human Idealism by Richard Heinberg “An ethic of human rights, of sharing, and of equity without a practically expressed awareness of ecological limits is a setup for disaster.... If we want peace, democracy, and human rights, we must work to create the ecological condition essential for these things to exist. In other words, a stable human population at--or slightly less than--the environment’s long-term carrying capacity.” (Original link | WE link) Overpopulation at Wikipedia Overpopulation refers to when an organism's numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance, the term usually refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment, the earth. (Original link | WE link) Too Many People by Tom Flynn "In my opinion, just slowing the pace of population growth is not enough. If we don't reduce our numbers purposely, catastrophe may do it for us. If we don't learn how to shrink our polities elegantly, it will occur inelegantly—and what horrors are veiled in that euphemism?" (Original link | WE link) The Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin On the central topic in the paper of human overpopulation, the "invisible hand" described by Adam Smith acting on behalf of the 'commons' of world population growth is debunked, and appeals to a moral conclusion on how humans should manage population, since there is no technical solution. (Original link | WE link) Top of page ^ |
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