Humanity's Impact on Earth Illustrated in 'Overdevelopment,

Overpopulate, Overshoot'

Say a picture paints a thousand words

So in sending a message about overpopulation, environmental

group Global Population Speak Out decided to do it with a

book of photographs.

Dead Polar Bear: The western fjords on Svalbard, Norway, that normally freeze in winter, remained ice-free all season. This bear headed north, looking for suitable sea ice to hunt on. Finding none, it eventually died. Pic: Ashley Cooper.

National Willamette Forest, Oregon, USA, 99 percent deforested

Fire at oil platform in Golf of Mexico

Java, Indonesia, Most populated island

Container City: Shipping containers, indispensable tool of the globalised consumer economy, reflect the skyline in Singapore, one of the world’s busiest ports. Pic: John Stanmeyer

With aim of “repurpose” part of jungle in Brazil have been burnt

Industrial livestock production in Brazil

Impossible to breath near yellow River in Mangolia

Alberta, Canada- Land destroyed by toxic wastes

Pork-Processing Facility In China

Midway Islands, albatross died of excessive plastic ingestion

Global Warming, iceberg melting in Norway

One of the most powerful and disruptive storms in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina (2005) strikes land. Pic: NASA

Pesticide Spraying Inside A Greenhouse In Nicaragua

Satellite Dishes. The rooftops of Aleppo, Syria, one of the world’s oldest cities, are covered with satellite dishes, linking residents to a globalised consumer culture. Pic: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Toxic Landscape: Aerial view of the tar sands region, where mining operations and tailings ponds are so vast they can be seen from outer space; Alberta, Canada. Pic: Garth Lentz

Landfil in Accra, Ghana, Electronic rubbish pollute 3d world countries

Maldives will sink in 50 years due to Global Warming

South City Mall in Kolkata, India

Ken River oil field, California, exploited since 1899

The book also focuses on families with children. The photograph, taken in the Yemeni city of Hajjah, shows Tahani, eight, with her husband Majed, 27, and his former colleague Ghada class, also eight years with her husband.

Drain Pipe: Tar sands-related tailings ponds are among the largest toxic impoundments on Earth and lie in unlined dykes mere meters from the Athabasca River in northern Alberta. Indigenous communities downstream are fearful of being poisoned by toxic seepage into the food chain. Alberta, Canada. Pic: Garth Lentz

City night in London: Large urban areas like London, U.K. (population 13 million), represent a huge amount of embodied energy in their infrastructure as well as require massive ongoing inputs of energy. Pic: Jason Hawkes.

Tire Dump: End of the road for these tires is a desert dumping ground in Nevada, USA. Pic by Daniel Dancer.

Airplane Contrails: Globalised transportation networks, especially commercial aviation, are a major contributor of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Photo of contrails in the west London sky over the River Thames, London, England. Pic: Ian Wylie.

Indonesian forest transformed into Palm Plantation

British Columbia clear-cut

People jostle for food relief distribution following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

Slum-dwelling residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, face bleak living conditions in the western hemisphere’s poorest country

Boggest excavator to extract coal in Germany

Massive haul trucks support surface mining operations in the tar sands region of Alberta, Canada, one of the largest known deposits of unconventional (bitumen, in this case) oil resources. (Garth Lentz)

Mexico city, 20 millions people live here

Fighting efforts during the fire at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan

Bangladesh landscape

World biggest diamond mine, Mir, Russia

Night-time Grid: Los Angeles, California, population 15 million typifies America’s consumption-oriented and car dependent culture. Pic: Mike Hedge.

Harvesters In Mato Grosso State, Brazil