Learn more about what impacts humans have on the earth through Human Population Growth and the Accelerating Rate of Species Extinctions. How economics drives the consumer mentality is discussed along with information on how rapidly nonhuman species are going extinct due to human activities.
Long term censuses of the population in Egypt allow for an accurate assessment of the changes caused by population growth in that country. Egypt: Recent Changes in Population Growth; Their Causes and Consequences is an interesting look into the ecological consequences of growing populations.