population explosion

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Intensive dairy ranching began here more than 150 years ago, spawned by the Gold Rush population explosion in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

With the expansion of the area’s wetlands in 2021, it saw a population explosion.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023

Authorities have tried various approaches to curb the population explosion in Colombia's main river, the Magdalena, including sterilisation and transferring individuals to zoos abroad.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

Beasley attributes the population explosion to a few explanations, including humans illegally moving wild pigs to the areas where hunting them is legal year-round, as well as to warmer climates in recent decades.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

Perhaps those cycles of colonization, adaptation, and population explosion were what selected for the Great Leap Forward, which then diffused back westward to Eurasia and Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond