3 ms·

> existential marine crisis I think you're being overly hysterical there. Plastics in the ocean are certainly not ideal, but "existential"?

• metalman 10mo ago
  the known consequences of polluting the the entire base of the planets food web isn't existential? "scientists", politicians, beurocrats, lawyers, and the mega wealthy have kept moving the agread upon limits to environmental exploitation, with zero sign that they have any other intent, than to take more³ what you are missing is that no one will ask for permission, to fix that.
  • lazide 10mo ago
    We’ve literally been dumping nuclear and chemical waste in the oceans for 100 years now? It isn’t good, but it isn’t any different than usual either.
    • wiml 10mo ago
      The amount of plastic going into the ocean is increasing rapidly, especially in the last 15 years or so. It is different from (say) 50 years ago. Also you might have noticed that a lot of sea life is scarcer than it used to be.
  • pfdietz 10mo ago
    I had hoped the use of the word was based on some actual specific world-ending effect I didn't know about, so I could learn something new and important. But apparently it's just untethered anxiety.