Overpopulation, Industrialization, and the Degradation of the Environme

Over race, Industrialization, and the Degradation of the Environment The boilersuit fruit of the gracious state in the last 2000 years has been a J-shaped growing. This can also be expressed as an exponential growth. A big promontory that can just right away be answered in fourth dimension is how this population growth will slow down or stop. The major planet can only handle so many a(prenominal) kind-hearteds sooner the effects of overpopulation consign the surround into an unrecover fitting tailspin of degradation. So the straits is will the boilers suit maximum human population be reached in a piecemeal manner with a class resulting in an S-shaped population growth, or do we as humans request to experience approximately kind of catastrophic event that will let us experience that the maximum cognitive content of our planet has been reached, or will we overpopulate bit by bit and realize that we need to reduce the population to a lower manage aim? These thre e varied theories have been termed the logistic, Malthusian, and domed theories of projected population growth, respectively(Southwick, 159-160). The trend that we have seen in recent history of human population growth can apparently not be sustained, so will the future tense of humans be played out in an optimistic or pessemistic light? Or will it be somewhere in amid? Throughout human history, people have always been pressed to nominate nourishment for themselves and their families. With the traverse of agriculture humans were provided with leisure time, and with that time they were able to develop many different trades beyond hunting, gathering, and agriculture. This meant that the food necessary to course a population was able to be provided by a humbled portion of the population. With industrial enterprise the portion of the population that was employed to feed the... ...r anthropogenetic greenhouse gases(Hansen). simply the size of the human population has effected the milieu by stressing the set ashore to produce enough food to feed us all. Up to now we have had a degrading effect on the environment. I face that it should be our role as human beings to take care of the environment that we need to live. This is a necessary step in order to broaden our survival on the planet Earth.Works CitedSouthwick, Charles H., Ch. 15 from Global bionomics in Human Perspective Oxford Univ. Press, 1996, pp. 159-182Quay, Paul, CLIMATE stir Enhanced Ups and Downs of carbonic acid gas Uptake perception 2002, vol. 298, pp. 2344-2346.Blunier, Thomas PALEOCLIMATEFrozen Methane Escapes from the sea Floor Science 2000, vol. 288, pp. 68-69. Hansen, J., Ruedy, R., Sato, M., Lo, K., Global Warming Continues Science 2002, vol. 295, p. 275 Overpopulation, Industrialization, and the Degradation of the EnvironmeOverpopulation, Industrialization, and the Degradation of the Environment The overall growth of the human population in the last 2000 years ha s been a J-shaped growth. This can also be expressed as an exponential growth. A big question that can only be answered in time is how this population growth will slow down or stop. The planet can only handle so many humans before the effects of overpopulation send the environment into an unrecoverable tailspin of degradation. So the question is will the overall maximum human population be reached in a gradual manner with a trend resulting in an S-shaped population growth, or do we as humans need to experience some kind of catastrophic event that will let us know that the maximum capacity of our planet has been reached, or will we overpopulate gradually and realize that we need to reduce the population to a lower level? These three different theories have been termed the logistic, Malthusian, and domed theories of projected population growth, respectively(Southwick, 159-160). The trend that we have seen in recent history of human population growth can obviously not be sustained, so will the future of humans be played out in an optimistic or pessemistic light? Or will it be somewhere in between? Throughout human history, people have always been pressed to provide nourishment for themselves and their families. With the dawn of agriculture humans were provided with leisure time, and with that time they were able to develop many different trades beyond hunting, gathering, and agriculture. This meant that the food necessary to feed a population was able to be provided by a small portion of the population. With industrialization the portion of the population that was employed to feed the... ...r anthropogenic greenhouse gases(Hansen).Obviously the size of the human population has effected the environment by stressing the land to produce enough food to feed us all. Up to now we have had a degrading effect on the environment. I feel that it should be our role as human beings to take care of the environment that we need to live. This is a necessary step in order to pr olong our survival on the planet Earth.Works CitedSouthwick, Charles H., Ch. 15 from Global Ecology in Human Perspective Oxford Univ. Press, 1996, pp. 159-182Quay, Paul, CLIMATE CHANGE Enhanced Ups and Downs of CO2 Uptake Science 2002, vol. 298, pp. 2344-2346.Blunier, Thomas PALEOCLIMATEFrozen Methane Escapes from the Sea Floor Science 2000, vol. 288, pp. 68-69. Hansen, J., Ruedy, R., Sato, M., Lo, K., Global Warming Continues Science 2002, vol. 295, p. 275