The Risks of Overpopulation

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With our population hitting 7 billion people, what does this mean for the health of our planet? Are we at risk of running out of resources? Join us for a new episode of SciShow where Hank talks about the issues of rising global population and what it means for our planet. Let's go! Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Sources: Life Expectancy: http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=195 Demographics: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2011/07/28/333.6042.649-b.DC1/SciencePodcast_110729.pdf http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/a-fresh-look-at-population-bombs-and-bulges/ http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/29/sex-deficit-bad-for-japans-bottom-line/ Environment: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2097720_2097782_2097814,00.html http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/10/26/wildlife-biodiversity-is-declining-fast—but-it-would-be-even-worse-without-conservation-efforts/ Hunger: http://www.grida.no/publications/other/geo3/?src=/geo/geo3/english/fig308.htm Various stuff: National Geo infographic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0 Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Malthus.jpg

Published 2012-03-12 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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