Chapter: Human Population Growth
Collection: Population and Community Ecology
Unit 8. Ecology
Book: Biology
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The world's human population is growing at an exponential rate. Humans have increased the world's carrying capacity through migration, agriculture, medical advances, and communication. The age structure of a population allows us to predict population growth. Unchecked human population growth could have dire long-term effects on our environment.
00:00 Human Population Growth
03:02 Overcoming density-dependent regulation
05:13 Age structure, population growth, and economic development
06:47 Long-term consequences of exponential human population growth
09:40 Section summary
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