population explosion
noun
: a pyramiding of numbers of a biological population
especially
: the recent great increase in human numbers resulting from increased survival and exponential population growth
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Our precious national park is being drained due to housing construction and the population explosion.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
While a catastrophic population explosion used to seem inevitable, women’s increasing levels of education and reproductive freedom have staved off some of the worst predictions of the 20th century.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
The East Asian population explosion helped produce large economies and strong militaries.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
If the lanternfly’s proliferation continues, homeowners are likely to regard them as a nuisance, similar in annoyance level to a stinkbug population explosion, Martinson said.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
While a catastrophic population explosion used to seem inevitable, women’s increasing levels of education and reproductive freedom have staved off some of the worst predictions of the 20th century.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
The East Asian population explosion helped produce large economies and strong militaries.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
If the lanternfly’s proliferation continues, homeowners are likely to regard them as a nuisance, similar in annoyance level to a stinkbug population explosion, Martinson said.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Population explosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/population%20explosion. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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