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environmental carrying capacity  

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  • The environmental carrying capacity of Earth is a subject of global debate. This is the concept that there is a maximum or an optimal burden of organisms that the environment can support indefinitely, rather like a ship's payload or the capacity of transmission lines to carry electricity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Environmental Carrying Capacity]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JHHWNVJ8-1

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