Faya Sanders Over some 60 million years, Homo sapiens has evolved into the dominant animal on the planet. However, in the last several centuries we’ve increasingly been using our relatively newly acquired power, especially our culturally evolved technologies, to deplete the natural capital of Earth — in particular its deep, rich agricultural soils, its groundwater stored during ice ages, and its biodiversity — as if there were no tomorrow.
Clear-cut Forest In British Columbia
Garth Lentz
Cattle Grazing In The Amazon
Daniel Beltra
Clear-cut Forest in Oregon
Daniel Dancer
Crop Fields In China
Google Earth/2014 Digital Globe
Dead Bird In Midway Atoll
Chris Jordan
Greenhouses in Almeria, Spain
Yann Arthus Bertrand
Kern Oil Field, California
Mark Gamba/Corbis
Mexico City
Pablo Lopez Luz
Oil Spill Fire, Gulf of Mexico
Daniel Beltra
Slum In Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Google Earth/2014 Digital Globe
South City Mall in Kolkata, India
Brett Cole
Trash Wave In Java
Zak Noyle
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