The purpose of the article “What Are Environmental Problems Due to Population Growth?” written by Melissa Mayer is to shed a light on the consequences of overpopulation on the environment. Mayer begins by explaining that the worldwide population in the 20th century has increased from 1.6 billion to 6.1 billion over the period of 100 years. This is an extremely short period of time for such a rapid increase in population, this causes a decrease in resources (resource deflation) and has major consequences on the environment such as; deforestation and loss of biodiversity (amongst others)…