population explosion
noun
: a pyramiding of numbers of a biological population
especially
: the recent great increase in human numbers resulting from increased survival and exponential population growth
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Swimming pools in Eaton fire burn area could become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, officials warn
Mosquitoes thrive in warm weather conditions and rely on standing water to breed, making the swimming pools fertile grounds for a population explosion.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Unlike blue whales, humpback whales can also eat anchovies and sardines, and their choruses returned when there was a population explosion of those fish.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
This population explosion coincided, oddly, with a downward fertility drift in Europe.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
That burst of growth, the researchers speculate, may have provided ideal conditions for the butterflies to feed and breed, kicking off the population explosion and leaving a ripple effect that affected many generations.
—Saugat Bolakhe, JSTOR Daily, 23 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Unlike blue whales, humpback whales can also eat anchovies and sardines, and their choruses returned when there was a population explosion of those fish.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
This population explosion coincided, oddly, with a downward fertility drift in Europe.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
That burst of growth, the researchers speculate, may have provided ideal conditions for the butterflies to feed and breed, kicking off the population explosion and leaving a ripple effect that affected many generations.
—Saugat Bolakhe, JSTOR Daily, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Population explosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/population%20explosion. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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