Overpopulation
The single greatest threat to the future of our planet, to the environment and to our resources, may be too many people. Overpopulation is a global problem with environmental, social, and economic issues. It is likely that by the year 2050, the world’s population will double. The problem is not just running out of space, but the quality of life. The main concern is what can be done to solve the population problem. Our population is growing at an enormously fast rate, not because people are having more children, but because fewer people are dying due to better health and longer life spans. As women and families become wealthier and more educated, they tend to have fewer children, because children are not needed to help earn money for the family, and are often seen as road blocks in the way of educated women seeking careers. Every twenty minutes, the world adds another 3,500 human lives. In the next hundred years, dramatic changes will occur as earth becomes a packed-tight world even more crowded and degraded. It is likely to be hotter, with much more desert and less farming land. Huge losses of plant and a
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Approximate Word count = 759
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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