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		ItsMe000001 on June 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Three facts from “Our World in Data” that everyone... Geologically it is the same, a stone is a stone, true that. The creatures on it, both plants as well as animals, changed drastically by human intervention. Example: https://mic.com/articles/84681/this-is-exactly-how-much-weig... (it's for this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1338/) Then there's the pollution, for example plastics (tiny particles) everywhere, example: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-... We change(d) the atmosphere, from pollutants to CO2 levels. Land for agriculture: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.AGRI.ZS -- much of it is to support livestock https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/human-footprint-...

mr_luc on June 28, 2018 [–]

Also, an up to 80% reduction in the biomass of fish stocks over the course of the past couple of centuries.

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