2006-07-11 05:18:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No. Overpopulation will lead to a deficiency in the resources needed to sustain the species. The species will collapse in this scenario. We are a little different, because we can change our environment so easily, but if we don't keep that in balance, the laws of nature take over.
2006-07-11 05:22:12 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Humans can alter their environment very easily but if we do not heed the proper warnings, then our population will reach a critical point at which our environment can no longer sustain the population.
Have you ever had a fish tank with snails? You buy a few. They make a few babies. Those babies make a few babies. Then you've got hundreds crawling around everywhere. Then...suddenly...they're all dead...well, most are. Those few that survived then begin to repopulate and the cycle continues.
Oh, and nature is doing a pretty good job of taking us out too...what with all the natural disasters and diseases and such.
2006-07-11 12:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by embem171 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are not above them - as is demonstrated with famine and disease - but we ignore them.
Being the only creature with the practice of agriculture, our production of surpluses of food will cause an increase in population. The world first hit 1 billion people in the late 19th century - since then we have exponentially grown to over 7 billion.
If we held to using only the resources in a given area, our population would fit the natural order perfectly, like any other species.
2006-07-11 12:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by thirdstreammusic_design 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not....nature still contains the human population. No population on earth is "above the laws of nature". Think about the increasing amounts of tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes and other such "natural" disasters: these disasters are basically prompted by human actions. Nature is disturbed by man, so it lashes its vengeance out in these ways.
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2006-07-11 13:32:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There is a negative feedback mechanism acting on the human population.
Increase in population -------> Decrease in vital resources-------> automatic reduction in human population.
This kind of ecological interaction exists for all living species.
2006-07-11 12:57:19 · answer #5 · answered by fiveseven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one can be sure. We have the ability to expand our resources. We are also not limited to this planet alone in finding energy or resources. The real answer is stick around we are going to find out.
2006-07-11 12:24:52 · answer #6 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but nature will take care of it.
2006-07-11 12:22:46 · answer #7 · answered by skeeter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋