^ If that summary of 2018 isn't depressing enough for you, here are some recent stories that indicate how predictions of environmental damage are now coming true - and given that these stories are all culled from the same few weeks, the pace of damage appears to be picking up.
1. Extreme weather events:
Hot Australia:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/31/a...ntl/index.html
Cold USA:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47088684
2. Antarctic Ice Melt:
Damage worse than imagined:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/31/h...ntl/index.html
3. Toxic, chronic air pollution:
Bankok kids suffer thanks to Thai policies:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-as...masks-sell-out
So please go ahead - choose what you want to feel depressed about.
