An uninhabitable earth at some point in our future is not an unreasonable thought. Years of disregard for mother earth can cause components of the earth system to change. Consequently, humankind should not shrug off insidious warnings of cataclysmic environmental transformations.
And, for those who think that climate change warnings are just hullabaloo and pooh-pooh the idea of an impending catastrophe, I have one question, what if you’re wrong? What harm can come from taking meaningful action now rather than wait until it’s too late?
Moreover, it’s not just climate change we need to be concerned about. As California-based nature photographer Justin Hofman's troubling photo of a tiny seahorse clinging to a pink plastic cotton swab highlights how plastic pollution has left virtually no corner of our world untouched clearly points out.
Here's the rest of Hofman's story:
By Mary Bowerman
