The Thread of Biodiversity

Earth's biodiversity levels are unique. We are the only place that has life. Human's habits after the Industrial age have changed Earth into a non sustainable state. The CO2 levels in our atmosphere have raised far above our highest point in the past 600,000 years (Berger et al. 1996), changing the temperature of the planet along with it. The oceans are filling with CO2 and warming up, changing the cycle of life. Coral and algae are dying (Glynn 1993), forcing many fish to struggle to survive. The shortage of fish is creating a shortage of predators and food for humans to eat, forcing us to create conditions that allow them to grow such as fish farms and aquariums. The problem is industry is part of the problem, not the solution. Humans are trying to recreate nature artificially, but so far we are having no luck in doing so. The only way we can remedy the problem before catastrophe now is to drop our dependence on oil fueled ways and convert to alternate nature fueled energies such as nuclear, wind, hydroelectric, and solar. Each step will slow down our output of CO2, lowering our output gradually after each change we make.

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