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social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global environmental and energy issues > environmental carrying capacity

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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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