Movie on 3 18 16 at 7 50 AM
Channel: Colby Becker
Date: 18/03/2016

Title: More People, More Problems
 
Topic: Problems caused by overpopulation
 
Specific Purpose Statement: To display the dangers and harmful effects of overpopulation. 
 
Thesis Statement: The overpopulation of humans on Earth is posing lots of problems and issues with the environment, thus inevitably leading to a catastrophic population collapse. 
 
 
Introduction:  As our population of the world increases steadily and immensely, we encounter many problems with the environment. There are lots of bad effects on the ecological surroundings around us that are directly correlated to too much human population. The overpopulation of humans on Earth is posing lots of problems and issues with the environment, thus inevitably leading to a catastrophic population collapse. We as humans affect the atmosphere and climate, we are not slowing down with population growth, and  most importantly, are depleting our natural resource supply. The natural resources is especially a concern because they are not renewable for the most part, and some scientists are worried we may run out. Overpopulation is real thing, and it poses problems most people would not think of. 

Body:
I.               Overpopulation has effects on the quality of the air and atmosphere around us. 
A.           As quoted by Dr. Allan P. Drew, a forest ecologist. “Overpopulation means that we are putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than we should”. (SUNY, 2009)
B.           We have begun to affect all four of the major parts of what affects climate; the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere. (Emmott, 2013)
C.              We must change our actions very drastically, particularly consuming less.  (Emmott, 2013)
II.             We are still populating at an alarming rate, and don’t seem to show signs of stopping, even if we are slowing down a bit. 
A.            Global population almost TRIPLED from 1950 up to 2010. (Gao, 2015)
B.             Club of Rome projected there would be an “overshoot” of the world’s carrying capacity within 100 years. (de Sherbinin, Cassels, Lopez-Carr, Lopez-Carr, Jiang, and Miller,  2014)
C.              However, population is supposed to slow down between 2010 and 2050. (Gao, 2015)
III.           Overpopulation is not the cause alone of using up all of the valuable and non renewable resources, it's what everyone is doing with them and at what rate. 
A.            “Every additional person needs food, water and energy, and produces more waste and pollution”. (Walsh, 2011)
B.             We consume way too much and are careless. (Walsh, 2011)
C.             Thomas Malthus believed population grows “exponentially” but food production on the other hand, increases at the same constant rate, or “linearly”. (de Sherbinin, Cassels, Lopez-Carr, Lopez-Carr, Jiang, and Miller,  2014)
 
Conclusion: Overpopulation is a real problem on Earth, and has begun to affect the environment all around us. This issue is affecting our atmosphere and climate, it is not slowing down with population growth, and we are rapidly draining our supply of natural resources. The world is suffering because of our enormous consumption and wasteful habits. We are harming our planet, and we need to try and reduce our footprint and take better care of this place where we live if we wish to continue living here at all.  




References
de Sherbinin, A., Cassels, S., Lopez-Carr, A.,  Lopez-Carr, D.,  Jiang, L., Miller, K. M.  (2014). Population and environment. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 32, 345–373. Retrieved March 17th, 2016 from http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/537f8ed20cf2aafa2ccd987e/

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. (2009, April 20). Worst environmental problem? Overpopulation, experts say. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 9, 2016 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418075752.htm

Gao, G. (2015). Scientists more worried than public about world’s growing population. Pew Research Center. Retrieved March 7, 2016 from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/06/08/scientists-more-worried-than-public-about-worlds-growing-population/

Emmott, S. (2013) Humans: the real threat to life on Earth. The Guardian. Retrieved March 8, 2016 from http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/30/stephen-emmott-ten-billion

Walsh, B. (2011) Why the real victim of overpopulation will be the environment. TIME. Retrieved March 9, 2016 from http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2097720_2097782_2097814,00.html