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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Mankind, with the advancement of technology, has done more harm than good to nature and wildlife. It's time to face the consequences.
Way back, when there was plenty to spare, humans abused the use of natural resources and depleted them substantially. Now, when there is no longer abundance of nature for our use, prices soar sky-high and people aren't pleased, resulting in strikes in some parts of the world. However, if you come to think of it, all the problems we face now, were caused by ourselves.
No one likes hearing critisism. Nevertheless, as human beings, supposedly the animal with the highest intelligence, we should be responsive and act on the problem.
Global warming, sea levels rising, wild and marine life depleting and endangered, all of these are actually interlinked. All of them were caused due to the negligence and abuse of mankind.
f humans had been more careful about where they released their waste, be it factory waste or others, the oceans wouldn't be as polluted and innocent marine creatures wouldn't have to pay for it with their lives.
Sea turtle eating a plastic bag, which it had mistaken for a jellyfish.
Dolphin trapped in loose fishing net.
There is still so much that mankind has not yet learnt about nature. In just the rainforests alone, there are still millions of exotic plants and animals that have not yet been discovered.
Way back, when there was plenty to spare, humans abused the use of natural resources and depleted them substantially. Now, when there is no longer abundance of nature for our use, prices soar sky-high and people aren't pleased, resulting in strikes in some parts of the world. However, if you come to think of it, all the problems we face now, were caused by ourselves.
No one likes hearing critisism. Nevertheless, as human beings, supposedly the animal with the highest intelligence, we should be responsive and act on the problem.
Global warming, sea levels rising, wild and marine life depleting and endangered, all of these are actually interlinked. All of them were caused due to the negligence and abuse of mankind.
f humans had been more careful about where they released their waste, be it factory waste or others, the oceans wouldn't be as polluted and innocent marine creatures wouldn't have to pay for it with their lives.
Sea turtle eating a plastic bag, which it had mistaken for a jellyfish.Dolphin trapped in loose fishing net.
Also, if human beings had been more concerned about the rainforests, so much more of the lush green, filled with a diversity of wildlife, would still be around. With more rainforests, the air would be cleaner, the ozone layer wouldn't be depleted as badly and wildlife probably woudn't face the danger of extinction.
There is still so much that mankind has not yet learnt about nature. In just the rainforests alone, there are still millions of exotic plants and animals that have not yet been discovered.
All these problems that the world is facing in present day are mainly caused by the harm done to nature in the past.
People used to cut down trees without blinking an eye; hack away at the coral for income, not caring whether their actions then would affect the world in any way.
With the depletion of the ozone layer and the increase of greenhouse gases, the threat of global warming arises. Global warming melts the ice caps at the Earth's poles, which in turn flow into the seas and oceans, increasing sea levels. When sea levels increase, low land areas would experience flooding and small islands might even be completely submerged.
Every single problem that I have mentioned are in actual fact, inter-related.
The coral reefs, which are home to so many sea creatures, are decreasing steadily in number, along with all the marine life. If we don't do something about the situation now, the coral reefs will eventually disappear one day.
~ ♥ Wei Ling ♥ ~