Human Population

Human Population
                                                                                                                        By
Margaret Graham

Had you ever wonder why the human population has grown so large over the last few years

        Human population has been multiplying for thousands of years and now has destroyed the very land upon which we live by expanding, exploring, and industrializing (Anup, S., 2002).   The growth of the population is primarily caused by natural increase which is the excess of births over deaths.   Whenever there are immigrants migrating into the United States, migration causes the population to grow when there is a large amount of immigration exceeding the amount of emigration.   Both population growth and migration can affect the quality of the natural environment and the social cohesion between different ethnic groups and are often underestimated by government and nongovernment organizations.   Another way that human population pollutes the earth is also by the light that is left on each night in their yard.   The human population tends to use light for protection of their home when there is no one at home.
   
      While pollution is considered to be an environmental problem of the human population, the population has been growing each second by the birth of newborn babies.   Pollution has been known to cause serious illness such as cancer, lung problems, and even death.   At the global level, human population growth is one significant cause of environmental problems - destruction of natural ecosystems, increased rate of species extinction, soil erosion, falling water tables and depletion of aquifers, pollution of coastal waters, rivers, seas, and also the increase of harmful emissions to the atmosphere.   The growth of the population has gone beyond the carrying capacity of the planet (Feeney, J., 2002).
       
        Population increases as people areborn or immigrate into a country, and decrease as... [continues]

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