As long as humans have existed, we have posed a threat to our own environment. During Neolithic times, agriculture was born. This was just the beginning of the destruction of Earth. The Neolithic people would farm one area of land and then, once the soil was completely used up, they would move to a new area. Now we have evolved so much that we have the capability to destroy hundreds of miles of nature with one bomb. Who knows what might be next? One thing is for sure though we are the most dangerous species.
In the beginning of the 1700's a new revolution began. It was called the Industrial Revolution. Humans had dawned on the very start of a New World. During this revolution we went from using horse and carriage to jets and space shuttles. Technology had reached a new high. And yet, the most important creation of all may soon be able to do all human jobs: computers. However, they can't fix the problems that we've created. That's up to us.
The U.S. census shows that in 1993, 5,772 babies were born and 3,246 people died. That's almost a 2:1 ratio almost. So what's going on? More people are being produced than there are dying. According to the "Overpopulation of Earth" website, the human population will double or even triple very rapidly if nothing is done. So why isn't this really obvious to us? Actually, it is. If you've noticed there are housing developments being built in almost every suburban city there is. This is becoming a large threat to our environment; it can only handle so much.
In the housing developments being built, there are several problems arising. A few of the problems include: the run-off from all the pesticides being used on lawns has no where to go (people that live in suburban areas use three to six times more pesticides that farmers use one their land), the trees being cut down are not being replaced, the wildlife that once lived there now does not have any habitat to live in.