EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Only with the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century did population growth break out again from its Malthusian fetters. From about 1700 there was a second and far more rapid population explosion. Since the late 1600s the world’s population has increased more than 15-fold.

Detailed explanation-2: -Around the mid-1700s, global populations began to grow ten times faster than in the past for two reasons: The Industrial Revolution and increased wealth. The Industrial Revolution brought with it a variety of technological improvements in agricultural production and food supply.

Detailed explanation-3: -The process of industrialization had begun, bringing about profound changes over the lives of humans and their interactions with the natural world. With improved living standard, lowered death rate and prolonged life expectancy, human population grew exponentially.

Detailed explanation-4: -With the Industrial Revolution gathering steam, the global population growth rate jumped from around 0.02% per year in the early 1400s to 0.23% in 1600 and then 0.33% in the mid-1700s. By 1970, it peaked at about 2% per year, and began its return to the norm.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Industrial Revolution brought new machinery, increased the food supply, and improved sanitation. Vaccinations and antibiotics have greatly improved human health. With a dramatically lower death rate, human populations have grown.