The Environmental Impacts of Overpopulation

Encyclopedia, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(2), P. 45 - 45

Published: April 1, 2025

Overpopulation’s central role in environmental degradation is intermittently challenged. This article assesses the impact of mounting demographic pressures on six critical global sustainability challenges: deforestation, climate change, biodiversity loss, fishery depletion, water scarcity, and soil degradation. By synthesizing findings from hundreds peer-reviewed studies, offers a comprehensive review effects expanding human populations most pressing current problems. Although rate population growth worldwide slowing, numbers are expected to continue increasing Earth until end century. Current research confirms that overpopulation causes substantial potentially irreversible impacts cannot be ignored if international policy effective.

Language: Английский

Two Decades of Research on Maritime Environmental Education in Social Science: A Systematic Review

SHS Web of Conferences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 205, P. 06021 - 06021

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This research aims to analyse the maritime environmental education literature in social science last two decades. study used a systematic review by analysing twelve articles that were declared eligible, and analysed using content analysis. The results showed this revealed focuses on management, competence, assessment. Management includes operations, motivation, innovation, communication, application, while competence involves professionalism personality. Assessment studies knowledge performance. A strong correlation was found between personality motivation. Norway Finland are main actors education. emphasises is conducted support marine ecosystem preservation coastal community development.

Language: Английский