17 Powerful Images Showing The Devastating Effects Of Overpopulation
It’s no secret that we are exploiting our planet and running out of resources at the speed of light, but many people refuse to take notice. These unbelievable photo series of environmental damage and climate change collected into a photobook by environmental awareness platform Global Population Speak Out, show the harsh realities of the ecological and social tragedies that Earth is suffering. Its title: “Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot.”
This picture book has plenty of powerful images illustrating the problems generated by overpopulation and consumption, together with quotes from famous writers, scientists, and ecologists to help understand and raise awareness about the destruction of natural environments.
Global Population Speak Out provides a link for everyone to have a look at the book online for free, but if you want it on your bookshelf, you can also find it on Amazon.
More info: populationspeakout.org | Amazon (h/t: boredpanda.es)
Surfing on a wave full of trash in Java (Indonesia), the world’s most populated island
National Willamette forest, Oregon (USA), 99% deforested
The Yellow river in Mongolia is so polluted that it’s almost impossible to breathe near it
Ken River oil field, California (USA) – exploited since 1899
Fire at oil platform in Gulf of Mexico, April 2010
Landscape full of trash in Bangladesh
Indonesian forest transformed into palm plantation
Part of the Amazonian jungle in Brazil, burnt down to be “repurposed”
World’s biggest excavator, Bagger 288, used to extract coal in Tagebau Hambach strip mine (Germany)
Landfill in Accra (Ghana). Our electronic rubbish usually ends up in Third-World countries
Mexico City landscape, 20 million inhabitants
Albatross killed by excessive plastic ingestion in Midway Islands (North Pacific)
Landscape covered in greenhouses , Almeria (Spain)
Tar-rich zone in Alberta, Canada destroyed by mining and toxic wastes
The Maldives are flooding because of global warming and human action. They will sink in 50 years
Mir mine, Russia. This gigantic hole is the world’s biggest diamond mine.
Enormous iceberg melting near Svalbard island in Norway
“Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot” is available at Amazon.
The problem is not overpopulation, we have enough resources to keep growing all the way. This is a post about contamination, is not the same
I totally agree with you. This is not about overpopulation, it's more about human being "over using" the World.
Can't believe so many people up'ed this. What a joke. We only care about ourselves. There are 8 billion humans on the planet. The animal population is down 45% according to National Geographic. Also Artic sea Ice melts 40% faster since 1979. That is because we need to stop populating.
The problem is over population. This planet was never meant for 8 billion humans. Animal population is down 45% according to National Geographic. We are destroying our only home. We need to control ourselves and stop populating. It's great Obama made birth control free for women in the United States. Stop thinking it's not an issue!
Again... shall we start with your family and loved ones first??
The earth is a finite resource, therefore no, we do not have the resources to allow infinite population expansion.
It could have something to do with overpopulation......overpopulated with uncaring people.
As the earth is made up of finite resources, then no, it is not physically possible for a finite resource to sustain an infinite population.
If your read 'The world without us' or Countdown by Alan Wiseman, you would see that the problem is very much about overpopulation.
Ummm contamination from billions of people! If there were thousands, there'd be less contamination. So it is population. It involves math.
number of people on the planet. Oil companies harvest billions of gallons of oil to burn because there are billions of people on earth to use that. Can they use better technologies to pollute less? yes. Can they use alternate forms of energy? yes. But why? So we can go from 7billion humans to 9 billion? why? whats wrong with having just 1 billion people on the plannet and the result being that everyone has a huge house, plenty of land for work, recreation, and preservation? Why do you want to fill the plan-net with billions upon billions of people? So this is why I say people who don't see that overpopulation is linked to contamination. Its basic math. And if you can't do basic math you are by definition an idiot, stupid, etc... The inability to link concepts together shows your brain is not working right(which is unfortunate and we should take care of people like this). Or your being lazy and refuse to use your human brain.
Wooow...does this comment reek of Naziism or what? "...brain not working right... we should take care of people like this.)" = Scaaaaary stuff!!
I can't seem to reply to your response to my comment. You questioned the quality of my 'deep' argument because I didn't explain it. I see this all the time with people afraid of the word 'overpopulation'. You guys seem to link it to racism, culturalism, or something else. I honestly don't know why people get offended at the concept of overpopulation. Its like you all failed basic math in grade school. All life needs resources. Especially mammals. There are billions of rats because htey are small and don't need many resources while there are literally only a few thousand bears because they require so much more land and space to support them. So I ask you 'how many humans does it take to become overpopulated? ...your going to think this is a trick question so don't even bother answering. The actual number is directly related to how many resources the environment can support. There are other factors that do affect pollution but its all multiplicative of the actual number of people on
your an idiot if you think overpopulation doesn't lead to contamination.
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I definitely can't argue with your deep quality argument.
We should stop growing
Not really. If we keep consuming meat like we do, we're about to have serious problem in the future. (no, i'm not a vegetarian).
Since we're NOT responsible ecologically for the number of people we have in this world, perhaps less people would help in doing less harm?!
Not really. For instance, if we reach 8 billion eating meat like we do, we're f***d.
True, it's not about overpopulation, we have still some clean lakes so keep cutting more of them trees down build more.
Take off the blinders...
So so sad....
OMG! wow!
The problem is not overpopulation, we have enough resources to keep growing all the way. This is a post about contamination, is not the same
I totally agree with you. This is not about overpopulation, it's more about human being "over using" the World.
Can't believe so many people up'ed this. What a joke. We only care about ourselves. There are 8 billion humans on the planet. The animal population is down 45% according to National Geographic. Also Artic sea Ice melts 40% faster since 1979. That is because we need to stop populating.
The problem is over population. This planet was never meant for 8 billion humans. Animal population is down 45% according to National Geographic. We are destroying our only home. We need to control ourselves and stop populating. It's great Obama made birth control free for women in the United States. Stop thinking it's not an issue!
Again... shall we start with your family and loved ones first??
The earth is a finite resource, therefore no, we do not have the resources to allow infinite population expansion.
It could have something to do with overpopulation......overpopulated with uncaring people.
As the earth is made up of finite resources, then no, it is not physically possible for a finite resource to sustain an infinite population.
If your read 'The world without us' or Countdown by Alan Wiseman, you would see that the problem is very much about overpopulation.
Ummm contamination from billions of people! If there were thousands, there'd be less contamination. So it is population. It involves math.
number of people on the planet. Oil companies harvest billions of gallons of oil to burn because there are billions of people on earth to use that. Can they use better technologies to pollute less? yes. Can they use alternate forms of energy? yes. But why? So we can go from 7billion humans to 9 billion? why? whats wrong with having just 1 billion people on the plannet and the result being that everyone has a huge house, plenty of land for work, recreation, and preservation? Why do you want to fill the plan-net with billions upon billions of people? So this is why I say people who don't see that overpopulation is linked to contamination. Its basic math. And if you can't do basic math you are by definition an idiot, stupid, etc... The inability to link concepts together shows your brain is not working right(which is unfortunate and we should take care of people like this). Or your being lazy and refuse to use your human brain.
Wooow...does this comment reek of Naziism or what? "...brain not working right... we should take care of people like this.)" = Scaaaaary stuff!!
I can't seem to reply to your response to my comment. You questioned the quality of my 'deep' argument because I didn't explain it. I see this all the time with people afraid of the word 'overpopulation'. You guys seem to link it to racism, culturalism, or something else. I honestly don't know why people get offended at the concept of overpopulation. Its like you all failed basic math in grade school. All life needs resources. Especially mammals. There are billions of rats because htey are small and don't need many resources while there are literally only a few thousand bears because they require so much more land and space to support them. So I ask you 'how many humans does it take to become overpopulated? ...your going to think this is a trick question so don't even bother answering. The actual number is directly related to how many resources the environment can support. There are other factors that do affect pollution but its all multiplicative of the actual number of people on
your an idiot if you think overpopulation doesn't lead to contamination.
test
I definitely can't argue with your deep quality argument.
We should stop growing
Not really. If we keep consuming meat like we do, we're about to have serious problem in the future. (no, i'm not a vegetarian).
Since we're NOT responsible ecologically for the number of people we have in this world, perhaps less people would help in doing less harm?!
Not really. For instance, if we reach 8 billion eating meat like we do, we're f***d.
True, it's not about overpopulation, we have still some clean lakes so keep cutting more of them trees down build more.
Take off the blinders...
So so sad....
OMG! wow!