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When I feel the world is going towards disaster, I don't actually see it from human's own point of view. Yes, there were worse war, racism, economic disaster an
by birksherty 9y ago
When I feel the world is going towards disaster, I don't actually see it from human's own point of view. Yes, there were worse war, racism, economic disaster and all the issues before. So from human's own selfish point of view, we are in better position.
But I see it from the point of view of Earth as a whole. What I see is this:
The Earth loses 18.7 million acres of forests per year, which is equal to 27 soccer fields every minute, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)[1].
75% insects have disappeared in last 27 years[2]. They are in serious trouble[3]. This made me depressed most in recent time.
Glaciers are shrinking at high rate.
Climate scientists can't sleep at night because they know much more than we do[4].
Many species are disappearing. Giraffes are endangered now, last Male Northern White Rhino just dies. Many more will be in next few decades.
We can talk about how better current time is compared to 200 years ago only because we are selfish. Earth is not just a rock in space, it's the whole ecosystem. Just like cancer cells spread and destroy our body, we do the same to this beautiful planet.
[1] https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation
[2] http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....
[3] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/oh-no/543390/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/oh-no/54...
[4] https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a36228/ballad-of-the-sad-climatologists-0815/ https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a36228/ballad-of-the-s...