Summary:
- Overpopulation takes place when the number of organisms exceeds the carrying capacity of the region.
- Are seven billion people the human carrying capacity?
- Nine billion?
- We don't know yet.
- Some of the harmful effects of a high human population are: pollution, habitat destruction, and invasive species.
- People in developed nations use 32 times more resources than people in the developing countries of the world.
- People are also affected by the large size of the human population.
- Some people refer to the abundance of luxury items in some people's lives as over-consumption.