population explosion
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Mosquitoes thrive in warm weather conditions and rely on standing water to breed, making the swimming pools fertile grounds for a population explosion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 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
Of course, I had been reading about the population explosion on the West Coast, but for West Coast most people substitute California.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
