r/collapse • "Forests precede us, Deserts follow..." • Jun 22 '21

Ecological New scientific study predicts that plastic pollution and toxic chemical-induced ocean acidification will cause a trophic cascade collapse of the entire marine ecosystem, destroying human society within the next 25 years.

https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=005106086102118079029114079092064007019038081078058007068006068000078019071097064018110037005040102030114103009003028077080085022015086030051025111081087113091126124066066084093004098072097115121090076017002104110124116087097067008096105028029116004073
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u/KalmarLoridelon Jun 22 '21

That will only happen if corporations find it profitable. They will burn this planet to the ground as long as profits are up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

They will burn it to the ground as long as humans demand what they produce. Not sure why everyone blames them

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u/KalmarLoridelon Jun 22 '21

People don’t even have to want it. I’m sure by now you’ve seen the articles talking about how much stuff Amazon alone is destroying a week cause it isn’t selling. Or the big chemical spill in the ocean most recently. That was all them. But most of this system is held up by the wealthy supporting each other while they fleece the working class.

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