Humanity has painted itself into a corner in its pursuit to control and harness our natural environment. As a result we seldom find absolutely natural environments on Earth with naturalness varying from 100% natural in one extreme to 0% natural in the other. Prioritizing for human comfort and convenience has turned much of our natural world into an artificial habitat to suit us.
Glacier retreat 1979, 1991 and 2002 due to global warming
At what price and cost to the ecosystem and biodiversity of our planet? The trouble may have started in how we categorize elements - as biotic, or living organisms and abiotic, what are considered non-living things.
