population explosion
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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
Their absence disrupted predator-and-prey relationships throughout the nation and resulted in a population explosion of deer and elk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 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
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