A scientist who first sounded the alarm about the growth of the human population and the ability of the earth to handle a large population of humans was
A) Charles Darwin
B) Paul Ehrlich
C) Thomas Malthus
D) Rachel Carson
E) James Lovelock

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Thomas Malthus, a British scholar and demographer, published "An Essay on the Principle of Population" in 1798. In it, he argued that the population grows exponentially while the food supply grows linearly, which would inevitably lead to overpopulation and social chaos. Malthus' work was a significant influence on later environmentalists and population control advocates such as Paul Ehrlich.

A Scientist Who First Sounded the Alarm About the Growth