...Does global warming explain the relationship between the growing U.S. population and the rising average temperature in the U.S.? Purpose Statement The purpose of this study is to test the theory of global warming that relates the U.S. population growth to the average temperature increase in the U.S. The independent variable will be the rapidly growing U.S. population. The dependent variable will be the average climate increase in the U.S. The populations will be broken down into each individual state. Average temperature will be broken down into each individual state to get a clearer picture, since each state can have varying results with their relationships between population and temperature. This research project hopes to explain the growing U.S. population as the primary cause of the rising average temperature in the U.S. through the theories of global warming. Statement of the Problem or Research Question(s) Does global warming explain the relationship between the growing U.S. Population and the rising average temperature in the U.S.? The rising average temperature in the U.S. is becoming problematic. Global warming is taking its effect on this developed country. Letting global warming continue to run rampant without mitigation can be disastrous for the U.S. So questions need to be asked about what the main factors are, that are contributing to global warming in the U.S. Is there a direct correlation between the growing U.S. population and...
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...philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, at a time when the world populace amounted to only 190 million. Today in 2016 this concern is still ever present and the world population amounts to a total of 7 billion, this massive leap in the human population has caused major concerns in both the public and scientific society with regards to its possible effects on the environment and the worlds’ future economic structure and gives great reason to believe that yes, overpopulation is a valid concern in todays’ society. Reasons for Concern Mankind reached the population of 1 billion in 1804 after 200 000...
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...Population and Environment Theodore Panayotou CID Working Paper No. 54 July 2000 Environment and Development Paper No.2 Copyright 2000 Theodore Panayotou and the President and Fellows of Harvard College Working Papers Center for International Development at Harvard University Population and Environment Theodore Panayotou Abstract The past fifty years have witnessed two simultaneous and accelerating trends: an explosive growth in population and a steep increase in resource depletion and environmental degradation. These trends have fueled the debate on the link between population and environment that began 150 years earlier, when Malthus voiced his concern about the ability of the earth and its finite resources to feed an exponentially growing population. The purpose of this study is to review the literature on population and environment and to identify the main strands of thought and the assumptions that lie behind them. The author begins with a review of the historical perspective. He then reviews and assesses the evidence on the relationship between population and environment, focusing on selected natural and environmental resources: land use, water use, local pollution, deforestation and climate change. The author also reviews selected recent macro and micro perspectives. The new macro perspective introduces the environment-income relationship and examines the role of population growth and density in mediating this relationship. The new micro perspective introduces the...
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...Problems with population growth For two consecutive years since 2009, the population has grown just 0.7% a year, down from annual increases around 1% in previous years and the lowest since the late 1930s. The U.S. gained 2.2 million people from 2010 to 2011, fewer than the 2.8 million added a decade earlier, reaching a total of 311.6 million. (El Nasser, 2012) The recent rapid increase in human population over the past two centuries has raised concerns that the planet may not be able to sustain present or larger numbers of inhabitants. Steve Jones, head of the biology department at University College London, has said, "Humans are 10,000 times more common than we should be". (Gibbens, 2011) Population growth has caused many environmental problems, such as rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, global warming, and pollution, all aggravated by the population expansion. In 1800 the economy passed one billion inhabitants. But the rising numbers are having some serious effects, population growth has already caused climate change, rising sea levels, extinction of wildlife and expanding deserts. Existence has been fuelled by the depleting resources that are fossil fuels, minerals, groundwater, soil, forests and fisheries rather than natural income. (Martin, 2011). Other problems associated with overpopulation include the increased demand for resources such as fresh water and food, starvation and malnutrition, consumption of natural resources faster than the rate of regeneration...
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...POPULATION GROWTH AND THE PRESSURES IT PLACES ON EARTHS RESOURCES World population has rapidly increased in the last century and has now reached a staggering seven billion, raising alarming concern for the sustainability of our planet. Rapid population growth and economic development are increasing the demands on natural resource stocks (Orimoogunje, 2011). Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to become the primary source of population increase (United, 2002), yet lack of infrastructure represents one of the most significant limitations to economic growth, environment management and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (Paul M. Pronyk, 2007). Uneven resource consumption is wasteful and contributes to the maldistribution of basic resources in developing countries. Studies show that high income earning countries constitute a smaller number of the population, but consume nature’s resources much faster than developing countries; this adds to the inequality of the world and compromises the stability of our ecosystems to support population growth (Kemp, 2004). The global population is expanding and human resource consumption rates are increasing adding to the environmental problems we face today. During the last century alone, global population in the world has grown from 1.65 billion to 7 billion (World population). In the gap between when my parents were born and I was born the population has roughly doubled from 2.25 billion in the late 1940’s to 4.5 billion in the early...
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...Anthony Mitchell Hessler 5/8/12 The Social-Economic, Political, and Environmental Impacts of Unregulated Population Growth Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, mankind is well on its way to answering a seldom asked yet vitally important question pertaining to its sustainability. "How many people can inhabit this planet sustainably?" This is a question that should have been looked into decades ago, yet the answer is still unclear. With no regards to what the answer may be mankind persists in rapidly escalating its population as if the worlds sustainable population capacity is limitless. With the numerous problems that currently plague mankind, overpopulation is perhaps the most threatening and overlooked issue. If current population trends continue there will undoubtedly be terrible repercussion to face in the future. Problems arising from overpopulation will eventually have a grim impact on the socio-economic systems and political systems of the world along with the environment as a whole, the worst of which could lead to the annihilation of the human race. This is why population growth should be a global concern that should be recognized, examined, and dealt with immediately. To understand the impacts of overpopulation one must first understand the concept of overpopulation. Overpopulation is a state wherein the population density of an area has grown large enough to exceed what would be the natural sustainable inhabitant capacity of...
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...Global Over Population Introduction Global population has soared past 7 billion. Every second of every day, our global population grows by three people. In 2010 the average person lived 69 years, whereas in 1960 the average life expectancy was 51. Each year there are more than 1.43 million unplanned births in the U.S. At the current rate, the population of the least-developed countries will double in the next 31 years. Today about 783 million people lack access to improved drinking water: that's about a tenth of our world's population. Overpopulation is beginning to degrade the quality of life for many, and is significantly depleting precious natural resources that we need to survive. The first billion took from the dawn of humanity until 1830. The second billion took only 100 years -- from 1830 to 1930. Three billion more arrived in the next 60 years. The next billion will take only 13 years unless there is a tremendous effort to slow world birthrates. The ideal population of the United States was what it was around 1950, when factors like housing, jobs, and pace of life, crime, and pollution were at comfortable levels. Some say there is a connection between runaway population growth and human suffering. It has been said that while recent environmental victories are very important, they will become meaningless if demand on the earth's resources continues to escalate as it has in the last century. In this essay we will cover concerns such as 1. The human footprint...
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...Material Environmental Science and Human Population Worksheet Using the textbooks, the University Library, or other resources, answer each of the following questions in 100 to 200 words. 1. What would you include in a brief summary on the history of the modern environmental movement, from the 1960s to the present? According to http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Environmental_Movement.aspx. The modern environmental movement was highlighted with a book titled Silent Spring by Rachel Carson which spent several weeks atop the New York Bestsellers List. The book highlighted the issues with pollution on the larger scale. By 1970 President Lyndon B Johnson signed nearly three hundred preservation bills with 12 million in support funds. President Nixon continued by leading the way for more the 12 thousand statements and Acts along with the EPA. 1980 the EPA took a large reduction in support and funding. Since the 1980 the world as a whole has been fighting to reduce the carbon footprint. 2. Explain the primary concern over exponential population growth. What promotes exponential population growth? What constrains exponential population growth? Due to the great leaps forward in health and technical advances people are living longer. Food is being manufactured to last longer and more alternative resources or manmade inventions are being coupled with natural materials in order support the overwhelming population growth. This issue is that as humans become more linked...
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...viewers that the culture of Hong Kong starts in the homes of the people, I saw Wolf’s photograph as a look into the far more complicated issue of overpopulation, whose effects are currently felt worldwide and are slowly getting worse. Human overpopulation on earth is the leading cause of many of the planet’s problems. Overpopulation is defined as “excessive population of an area to the point of overcrowding, depletion of natural resources, or environmental deterioration”, (Answers). The problems caused by the overpopulation of humans range from the extreme of global warming/climate change, pollution, water shortages, desertification and depletion of other resources to other smaller problems such as deforestation, species extinction and overcrowding. However unfortunately, few governments or government officials around the world are willing to look at the big picture and instead try to solve the smaller problems such as global warming and climate change by looking at the smaller contributing factors and ignore the main cause. Though some do argue that there would be benefits in the utilization of a large population for the purposes of production, it is only rational to realize that all good results will be short lived because the...
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...Human Growth Population needs to be left alone, because either way it goes the population is going to keep growing. People need to leave it alone there is nothing they can do about it. Human Population Growth cannot be controlled by anyone so they might as well leave it alone. All Races are coming to the population to make it grow every each day so I think it should be left alone. I think it should be left alone because, women are still going to have kids and make the population grow even more. The people who need to control it are the men because they are making the babies and making the population growth. No one can just stop people from having kids, they are going to do whatever they want until it’s time to stop. People just need to leave...
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...declined, while demand has grown, and the population of the world has been increasing by more than 70 million each year. The emerging energy crisis is producing an economic crisis, as the prices of everything produced from oil (fertilizer, food, and fuel) rise beyond what some people can afford to pay. Energy and economic problems come at a time of unprecedented environmental concerns, from the local to global level. At the beginning of the modern era—in A.D. 1—the number of people in the world was probably about 100 million, one-third of the present population of the United States. In 1960 the world contained 3 billion people. Our population has more than doubled in the last 40 years, to 6.8 billion people today. In the United States, population increase is often apparent when we travel. Urban traffic snarls, long lines to enter national parks, and difficulty getting tickets to popular attractions are all symptoms of a growing population. If recent human population growth rates continue, our numbers could reach 9.4 billion by 2050. The problem is that the Earth has not grown any larger, and the abundance of its resources has not increased—in many cases, quite the opposite. How, then, can Earth sustain all these people? And what is the maximum number of people that could live on Earth, not just for a short time but sustained over a long period? Estimates of how many people the planet can support range from 2.5 billion to 40 billion (a population not possible with today's technology)...
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...University of Phoenix Material Environmental Science and Human Population Worksheet Using the textbooks, the University Library, or other resources, answer each of the following questions in 100 to 200 words. 1. What would you include in a brief summary on the history of the modern environmental movement, from the 1960s to the present? In the 1960’s the general population started to become more concerned with the environment’s health and well-being, and became a huge social movement. In 1960 Earth Day was created and laws were passed to control air pollution. There were other laws passed, too, such as the endangered species act in the 70’s. The Environmental Protection Agency was created to enforce the laws that were passed in the 70’s as well. In the 80’s Ronald Reagan was elected to presidency and was more business oriented and allowed companies to overlook the environment protection laws. In the 90’s issues such as global warming became a huge concern to the nation. Overall, there were a lot of good things that came out of the laws set into place in the 60’s and 70’s, including that the water and the air was some of the cleanest ever reported. 2. Explain the primary concern over exponential population growth. What promotes exponential population growth? What constrains exponential population growth? The biggest concern over exponential population growth is the fear that eventually the amount of people will over power our planet and our...
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...Research Work Subject: Educational Sociology Ten Social Problems and Issues in our Country. |Social Issues |Causes |Alternative Plan/Reforms |Status/Condition | | | |(government/agencies) | | |1. Poverty |Population growth |- Tulong sa Tao Program of the Aquino |Philippines have not been strong | | |Lack of individual |Administration; |enough to speed up the pace of | | |responsibility / Laziness |- Social Reform Agenda (SRA) |poverty reduction. This in turn would| | |Weak Agriculture sector |of the Ramos administration, |impact on the country's progress | | |Poor government policy / Corruption |- Lingap Para sa Mahihirap program of |towards Eradicate Extreme Hunger and | | | |President Estrada, |Poverty. | | | ...
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...Meanwhile, the poorest 20 percent receive only 1 percent of the global income. This paper attempts to unlock the significant factors that affect income inequality. In 1963, Simon Kuznets derived the inverted U hypothesis from which he inferred that through the course of development, as per capita income increases, initially, income inequality will increase before it starts to improve. In this paper, I will be using data on 61 countries, an inverted u pattern is found. The labor surplus model supports that the share of labor in industry and high population growth rates explain the inverted U. Economic Disparity Economic growth refers to a rise in national per capita income and product. However, economic growth does not mean that there is improvement in mass living standards. It can be a result of increase of wealth for the rich while the poor have less or no improvement in their living standards (Gillis, 70). This uneven distribution of income is referred to as income inequality. There is much income inequality existing in individual countries as well as globally. Globally, it is reported that the top 1 percent of income recipients receive about 15 percent of worldwide income, and the top 5 percent receive 40 percent of all income. Meanwhile, the poorest 20 percent receive only 1 percent of the global income (Braun, 49). There was much interest in income inequality in developing...
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...inclusive Wealth report 2012 measuring progress toward sustainability Summary for DeciSion-makerS unu-iHDP Secretariat of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change conTriBuTorS Science Advisor Partha Dasgupta – university of cambridge Report Director anantha Duraiappah – iHDP executive Director Science Director Pablo muñoz – iHDP academic officer Report Authors matthew agarwala – London School of economics and Political Science Giles atkinson – London School of economics and Political Science/centre for climate change economics and Policy edward B. Barbier – university of Wyoming elorm Darkey – university of Bonn Partha Dasgupta – university of cambridge anantha Duraiappah – iHDP Secretariat Paul ekins – university college London Pablo fuentenebro – iHDP Secretariat Juan Sebastian Lozano – The nature conservancy (colombia) kevin mumford – Purdue university Pablo muñoz – iHDP Secretariat kirsten oleson – university of Hawaii Leonie Pearson – university of melbourne charles Perrings – arizona State university chris Perry – un-Water Decade Programme on capacity Development (unW-DPc) Steve Polasky – university of minnesota Heather Tallis – Stanford university Stacie Wolny – Stanford university Report Review Board John agnew – university of california, Los angeles Peter Bartelmus – Bergische universitaet Wuppertal/columbia university Julia Bucknall – World Bank Dabo Guan – university of Leeds michael Harris – university of Sydney...
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