ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Question
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human population growth
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biodiversity
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renewable resources
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exotic species
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agriculture has allowed humans to settle down and grow more food than they need for their families. The Industrial Revolution allowed people to work in factories, freeing up farmers to grow more food. The Green Revolution has allowed the addition of billions of people to the population in the past few decades.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did advances in medicine cause a population explosion? Between 1800 and 1900, the population of Europe more than doubled. Advances in medicine slowed death rates and caused a population explosion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Out of agriculture, cities and civilizations grew, and because crops and animals could now be farmed to meet demand, the global population rocketed-from some five million people 10, 000 years ago, to more than seven billion today.
Detailed explanation-4: -The advancement of knowledge in science, medicine, and technology has resulted in lower mortality and higher fertility, resulting in population rise.