Jackson's primary concern was whether oil-eating microorganisms would surge in population, triggering in the water a condition of severe oxygen depletion known as hypoxia, which is potentially deadly for many creatures.
As a result, hot spots in the South and the West that had surged in population after 2000 grew more slowly or lost migrants to other places, according to census data released Tuesday.
But because those people were sicker and more expensive to insure than expected, higher premiums had rippled out through the system, affecting healthy, middle-income families and pricing many of them out of the market, even as the state's economy has surged in population and job growth.
But with the Arab population surging in recent decades, France faces twin identity crises: that of the nation itself and that of its Muslims.
As a result, population is surging in areas surrounding national forests and national parks, with open spaces being carved up into sprawling wooded plots, enough for a house and no nosy neighbors.
The huge surge in population means that services are spread too thin and are constantly breaking down.
A Syrian government offensive is causing one of the worst surges in population displacement since Syria's civil war began.
The surge in population and the diversification of global economic and financial influences has generated unprecedented demands for office and residential high-rise developments in the past decade.
Furthermore, a surge in population growth caused by immigration together with sluggish homebuilding rates supposedly warranted the vaulting valuations.
Western North Dakota's oil boom has brought a surge in population, crime, air pollution, littering and health problems.
It was built in 1564, the Associated Press reported, because of an expected surge in population, but abandoned after plague hit the area between 1773 and 1776.
