Terns, terns, terns, and a few other kinds of birds on Tern Island. Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
Credit: Lieutenant Elizabeth Crapo, NOAA Corps
The global seabird population may have fallen by almost 70 per cent since 1950, a 2015 study suggests. The study, published in PLOS ONE, analyzed data on 162 species, representing 19 per cent of the global seabird population. Every single continent and every coastline of every single continent is represented in the study according to the authors. Jeremy Hance of The Guardian writes:
Every day for sixty million years, seabirds have performed mind-boggling acts of derring-do: circumnavigating the globe without rest, diving more than 200 meters in treacherous seas for a bite of lunch, braving the most unpredictable weather on the planet as if it were just another Tuesday and finding their way home in waters with few, if any, landmarks.
Now, deteriorating environmental conditions worldwide maybe more than these evolutionary marvels can handle in their day to day struggle to survive.
Do not be surprised if the human population of the planet crashes in the next 10 years.
I would not be surprised at all. I have thought for sometime that we humans are due for a major readjustment of our numbers, just so long as it is not me. All us biologics seek after pleasure and avoid pain while we are driven to reproduce. Who can be blamed for this situation? Mother Nature, God, unconscious human beings driven by their unconsciouse desires-oh, look another bright shiny object, did my phone just ping?
Some seem to think we can escape into the virtual world where we can find infinite pleasures limited only by imagination and programming/engineering skills. Yet I have met some very bright, usually mature young people who will be in the thick of the earth/climate changes who do not think this way. They are familiar with the very things that Stephen talks about in”The Eight Laws of Change”. I feel it is important that in everyway, an unimportant person such as myself can, I will help/support these wise advanced souls. I used to think that my death would come before major disruptions but now the next 15-20 years look to hold difficult surprises for all of us.