population explosion
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She added that it was unlikely there would be a population explosion as wildcats live in low density numbers over wider areas and they would be closely monitored and managed.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
Intensive dairy ranching began here more than 150 years ago, spawned by the Gold Rush population explosion in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
With the expansion of the area’s wetlands in 2021, it saw a population explosion.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023
Beasley attributes the population explosion to a few explanations, including humans illegally moving wild pigs to the areas where hunting them is legal year-round, as well as to warmer climates in recent decades.
From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023
Perhaps those cycles of colonization, adaptation, and population explosion were what selected for the Great Leap Forward, which then diffused back westward to Eurasia and Africa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
