population explosion
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Whether it is nuclear power, the global population explosion, cyberhackers or the Y2K bug, most doomsday scenarios have not played out because people, governments and corporations adjust and fix problems as they emerge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
All those momentous consequences of pottery triggered a population explosion, causing Japan’s population to climb from an estimated few thousand people to a quarter of a million.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
