We are at a tipping point where humanity’s relentless and thoughtless pillaging of resources has endangered the welfare of our entire planet. Climate change, deforestation, and pollution only scratch the surface of the damage we are doing. Every living being on our planet is interrelated; even when the most insignificant creature is eliminated, it creates deadly repercussions throughout the entire ecosystem.
We cannot continue to think of Earth as an infinite resource. We can no longer afford to ignore health of our planet. Everything from her atmosphere to her oceans to her forests exist in a delicate balance between life and death, prey and predator, and producer or consumer. Every tree we cut down, every extinction we create disrupts this balance–and, as a consequence, our own existence.
I. CLIMATE CHANGE
NASA GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE VITAL SIGNS WEBSITE: A great resource for statistical information as well as cogent explanations of the effects of climate change:
NASA: Eyes on the Earth
TEN SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: Scientific American
Ten Solutions for Climate Change
MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE: NASA:
Responding to Climate Change
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