Over population

By: Melissa BrownDecember 08, 2008

StatisticsThis graph shows how the worlds population has dramaticly increased.

Facts.....United States in 2006

Total Population 300,005,700

Projected(2050) 397,100,000

Population Growth rate 0.9%

.................China in 20001,276,301,000

China in 20061,313,973,700

Increase of37,672,700

Efffects on EarthExtinction of plants and animals is 10,000 times faster than normal.

16 million hectares of forest are chopped down each year.

5 million people die because of organic waste.

1\2 of wetlands have been lost since 1900.

Causes....This here is a family that has had 17 childern and has one one the way.

What needs to be doneWe as a society need to put a

stop to this madness. There are plenty of children in the world that dont have homes. Instead of producing more we need to care for the ones already in this world.