Immagration and pollution
The Effects of Population Growths on the Environment With world population skyrocketing, where is man-kind headed? The current world population is over six billion with the United States population alone numbering over 264 million. Studies on population growths project that by the year 2050 A.D., the U.S. will need to find room for more than 520 million people, almost doubling the current population. How will the environment and the human race itself be affected by this (Jackson 27)? First, we as inhabitants, need to know what we are doing to this place we call home, Earth. The consequences to the United States wild lands and all their resources would be overwhelming if the population saw those kinds of staggering numbers. A striking illustration is the national park system: since 1940, the U.S. population has doubled, but park visitation has increased sixteen times. A population increase that measured only half as great as the last fifty years would devastate these areas, diminishing the quality of visitors’ experience and reducing resources to unsustainable levels (Jackson 30). Recently it was found that MTBE (a gasoline additive that makes engines cleaner-burning, but may also cause cancer in humans) could be leaki
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UVB UVB, Growths Environment, Strong UV, North America, MTBE Times, CFCs Chlorofluorocarbon, Geological Survey, acid deposition, ods molecules, ozone layer, John Zogorski, population growth, underground storage tanks, human race, heavy metals, times acidic, underground storage, population pressure, water falls, rate population growth,
Approximate Word count = 1789
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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