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    The human population has exploded in the last 200 years due to three main factors: advances in agriculture reduced starvation, medical advances cured diseases, and lack of natural predators. These factors have improved standards of living but strain land, resources, and lead to increased pollution. The growing population requires more land for housing and destroys habitats, uses up non-renewable resources rapidly, and produces large amounts of industrial and domestic waste that pollutes the environment.

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    The human population has exploded in the last 200 years due to three main factors: advances in agriculture reduced starvation, medical advances cured diseases, and lack of natural predators. These factors have improved standards of living but strain land, resources, and lead to increased pollution. The growing population requires more land for housing and destroys habitats, uses up non-renewable resources rapidly, and produces large amounts of industrial and domestic waste that pollutes the environment.

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    It is only recently (within the last

    P O P U L AT I O N E X P L O S I O N
    200 years or so) that the human
    population has gotten so large.
    This is because of three main reasons:

    Agriculture Curing Diseases Lack of Predators

    We have learned to grow We have learned to cure or prevent oth- We had no natural predators in the wild to keep
    our own food, therefore erwise fatal diseases. This has also im- the population from getting too large.
    there is less chance of dying proved with the improvement of living
    from starvation conditions.

    Standards of living are now also im-


    proving, so we have resources such
    as heat, light, food and medical help.
    Without these things in the wild, we
    would die. Thus, the population is
    continuing to increase.

    This has an effect on the land and resources, and increases pollution

     The huge amount of people re-  Land is often destroyed in the  More waste is produced with the
    quire land to live on. gaining of resources. growing population
     The disposal of this waste takes
     This destroys habitats and eco-  The huge population requires up land, and interferes with eco-
    systems. resources for almost everything. systems.

     Natural species populations are  Many of these raw materials are  This and industrial waste can
    destroyed. non-renewable but are being cause pollution in water, land and
    used up rapidly. air.
     Quarrying and other industrial  Chemicals and toxic gases can
    sites also reduce the land avail- affect other species as well as our
    able for other species. own.

    Land Resources Pollution


    This graph shows how
    suddenly the population
    has risen since the
    Black Death.

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