Life is being sucked out of the planet……

Climate change is a self-fulfilling prophecy that encompasses the annihilation of nature. We will be able to survive climate change, but we will not be able to survive the loss of nature over the next 20 years. It is now time to implement real solutions and take action.

We know that if we had not destroyed more than 50% of the marine ecosystem, we would not have elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

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However, we continue to destroy the marine ecosystem, even in precious locations such as the Galapagos. 30 years ago, the marine ecosystem was in good condition, the shark fin industry moved in, and a high percentage of the apex-level predators were killed. We know that when you remove sharks, all animals and plants suffer. The same situation happened in Bocas del Toro in Panama, and now most of the fish have also gone.  There are other reasons, such as pollution, but at least we should be able to stop destructive fishing.

The pelagic fishing industry and the quest for shark fin soup continue around the Galapagos, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Panama. Hundreds of foreign commercial fishing vessels are sucking the life out of the oceans; they are sucking the life out of the planet and any chance of a sustainable future.

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Watch what happens to countries around the Mediterranean Sea.

Countries around the Mediterranean are going to Cook, Flood, they will have Droughts and very high Wind velocities.

The model in the report is serious, but it doesn’t even take into account the that the Mediterranean has lost its SML layer, the surface micro layer of lipids produced by phytoplankton that regulate gas transfer across the surface of the sea and the atmosphere. This is important because the primary greenhouse gas is water vapour, and the SML regulates up to 50% of the atmospheric water vapour pressure.

What does this mean?

Atmospheric water vapour pressure will be higher, and loss of SML aerosols means fewer clouds. Higher water vapour pressure and fewer clouds to reflect energy means high temperatures, humid conditions and droughts.

Cloud seeding can be caused by dust, pollution or seawater spray. When this happens, energy release when water condenses will cause sudden very strong winds lasting maybe only 30 minutes. 200km+ winds. It also means that when it rains the downpours will be torrential.

Mediterranean countries are going to cook, there will be droughts, very strong short lived winds and torrential downpours. This is not just caused by climate change, it is caused by pollution and destruction of marine life.

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5 weeks that changed the world…

In 1835, at the age of twenty-six, Charles Darwin arrived in the Galapagos Islands, where he spent a mere five weeks and only seventeen days on land, gathering specimens and sketching them. Even though he published his findings 20 years after visiting the islands, he wasn’t the first to comprehend the principles of natural selection, but he was the first to publish in 1859.

The Origon of Species by means of Natural Selection
or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

With the exception of marine mammals, very few mammals can survive on the dry, nearly arid Galapagos Islands. Most of the terrestrial animals are birds and reptiles, including endemic marine iguanas and giant tortoises. The animals had to adapt to the slightly different conditions on each island due to the extreme difficulty of surviving. Darwin used finches, which are small birds that eat seeds, as an example. The birds’ beaks adapted to the seeds that the various plant species produced on different islands. There are numerous instances of adaptation, and as a species becomes more specialised, it eventually splits into subspecies and then distinct species.

Natural selection is currently taking place in the world, but unlike in the past, most of nature is unable to adapt to the current circumstances. This is because nature lacks the mechanisms necessary to deal with harmful substances and chemicals created by humans, like plastic and endocrine disruptors. Humanity is failing to preserve life, and nature is dying. Even if we stopped polluting right away, the majority of nature might not survive the next 20 years because of the current level of toxicity in the world.

There is no biological need for us to change our wicked ways because those who possess the wealth, power, and authority to bring about change are not suffering; this includes most people in high-income countries. The issue is that it will be too late to save the environment on land and the marine life in the oceans when those individuals or organisations with the power to effect change begin to suffer severely.

In essence, human survival and self-preservation are being harmed by natural selection because most do not think there is actually a problem. We have already lost 70% of nature since 1970 and 90% since 1900; over the next 20 years, it will be 90% and 99%, respectively. Humanity is part of nature; we cannot survive if it is destroyed.

There is still time to halt the process, restore biodiversity, and stop climate change, but first we must stop the devastation of ecosystems, overexploitation of the natural world, and pollution from toxic chemicals, plastic, and partially combusted carbon.

What will it take to change the world after almost 200 years since Darwin was in Galapagos?

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Darwin research station, Santa Cruz, Galapagos

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