Beware the tipping point on climate
Climate change dominates the news, concluding with a statement that we are nearing the tipping point. Will we continue until we do reach the tipping point? Or do we finally take some collective action to stop the inevitable madness that will ensue once that actually happens?
Our earth is the hottest it has ever been on record. Catastrophic flooding and wildfires that deteriorate our air quality are spreading around the planet. Plastic is clogging our world's natural environment. Long stamped-out diseases are reemerging. We are experiencing an unprecedented marine "heat-wave" that is pushing coastal ocean waters beyond 90 degrees.
In my 50-plus years of diving the world's oceans, I have never seen such incredible damage to our marine habitats. In fact, the Coral Restoration Foundation is now Harvesting Coral to bring back to land-based environments just to protect it from vanishing from our planet.
It is all happening at the same time.
At the tipping point, it will be far too late to do anything. Our species will begin to vanish from the earth. Before that happens, we will experience an unprecedented human migration, mass casualties, famine, disease, wars, starvation, and a myriad other disasters. The basic fabric of our lives will begin to unravel as we desperately try to escape.
The real question here is why not use our collective power of media and communication to educate and mobilize our population to finally take some serious action to stem this flow before we reach that tipping point.
Remember this: We are all connected, so we are all affected.
Chris Cantele
Chicago