There are a lot of articles going around right now talking about how, if we don't change humanity's impact on the Earth NOW, millions of species will go extinct. Unfortunately, a lot of people can't pull their heads out of their asses far enough to care.
What people fail to realize is that animals, and plants, for that matter, are adapting to a world dominated by humanity, and we may not like the results. We're seeing it first on a microbiotic scale- superbugs resistant to antibiotics. We're going to see more creatures changing their habitats with climate change- mosquitoes carrying tropical diseases are moving into areas they haven't previously been recorded. We're seeing this now.
What's next? Pest insects more immune to pesticides, pollinators disappearing because the only plant they reproduce on is gone from their habitat, and lots more rodents. Raccoons will get smarter. And we'll see more of the animals we raise go feral, get diseases that can pass to our pets, and then to us.
There used to be a balance in an ecosystem, but whenever we walk in we throw everything off. We need to heal the Earth as best we can as fast as we can, or Mother Nature's going to throw us some fucking curveballs we are not ready for.
This shit is already happening, and I can't believe the government is still gambling with our planet like this... I mean, is it just that the GOP's been paid to look the other way for so long that they don't care that they've sold out their grandchildren's future? Slime balls, the whole lot of them...
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