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Grades 9-12

How Many People Can Our World Support?

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SUBJECTS: Science

TOPICS: Carrying Capacity, Ecological Footprints

Resource Overview

Human population, now over 7 billion, cannot continue to grow indefinitely. There are limits to the life-sustaining resources earth can provide us. In other words, there is a carrying capacity for human life on our planet.

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