populate
verb (used with object)
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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“But the risk is bound to increase in the context of global warming when permafrost thawing will keep accelerating, and more people will be populating the Arctic in the wake of industrial ventures,” they said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022