Controlling Population Growth (Biology Blog 6)

     With worldwide population growth exceeding at the rate it is, a problem is beginning to form. The problem is that we are about to reach our carrying capacity. The earth's resources can only sustain us for so long. There are few solutions to this problem. The solutions that there are, are generally not preferable. One solution to slow down population growth would be to put a limit on how many children each couple can have. Some countries have already begun to do this...China, for example. Another solution would be to raise the cost of living. As stated above, this solution would not be preferable...but it would help with the growing population rate. A last solution would be to open up more opertunities for women to control their fertility. This, however, many would not agree with...but it is, in fact, a solution. When/if earth's carrying capacity is reached, there will not be a positive outcome. A loss of resources would be one thing; we would run out of food and/or water. Another thing would be over-crowding; there would not be room for all of earth's people. A last thing would be a loss of oxygen. If/when earth reaches it's carrying capacity our resources would be destroyed, which would result in a loss of many things...including oxygen. Hopefully there will be a solution discovered for this growing problem.