A report was recently released on the health of the seas.
Here's a quick summary: it ain't good.
Marine species are dying. The chemical composition of the sea is itself changing. There is reason to believe that we are in the first phases of the sixth great extinction in the Earth's history, and that we – human beings – are responsible for it.
There are so many man-made disasters, big and small. A recent episode of Halogen's “Angry Planet” gave us the death of the Aral Sea and Chernobyl, in one brief half-hour program. Oh, and just for laughs, there's a lab on an island in the Aral Sea where the Soviet government stockpiled – and weaponized! - things like bubonic plague and anthrax. Except that it's not an island anymore; the drying of the Aral Sea (see above photo) has connected the island to the mainland. Rats and mice and vermin in general are probably carrying bits and pieces of all those deadly things to land.
Charming.
I'm always pleased to bring you news of the apocalypse. One of these times, it's bound to be true.
And it's always best to be prepared.
So put your crash helmet on, buckle your seat belt, and start screaming now.
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