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For many who don't know the complete areas of study in Environmental Science, here's a small peak to what Population really is all about: DEATH AND BIRTH! MUAHAHAH! But really, these concepts practically define most of the other areas of Environmental Science. You see, the higher the population in a country to more resources it will need, the more resources needed the more exploration committed within the land, of course, this is just a small example. This affects the economy, social environment, biological environment, chemical and physical environment and so on.

Our world population has dangerously reached 6,918,360,000 (the last hundreds place was left blank with zeros because it is constantly increasing. Mid 20th century the industrial revolution brought a global boom to birth rates and decrease of death rates due to modern medicine.

World Population at extreme exponential growth

The points on the y-axis on the graph show the expectation of population numbers by certain future years. You notice that by 2025, only 14 years away, our global numbers will reach 8 billion people. This is dangerous enough to start all sorts of diplomatic, social, and environmental problems. In Environmental Science one is not only taught to care for the Environment but ultimately to further humans' survivor as a mission. There are two views when it comes to global population: Western view and Deep Ecology view. Western views include the "frontier" set of mind for humanity to grow stronger and better no matter what, while Deep Ecology involves a balance between humans and the planet's ecological resources. This diagram shows the basic concept:



>>Breathing Earth<<
 This website here will demonstrate just exactly how many people are being born (Birth rate) as opposed to how many people die (Death rate).

On Following Posts I will explain further concepts of Environmental Science, like Energy and Global Consumption.