We're Already an Ecological Catastrophe

Humanity is already an ecological catastrophe. In just 250 thousand years, our behavior has led to the extinction of many species and driven many more into steep decline. We could choose to use less energy, eat less meat, clear fewer forests, and we choose not to. For many orms of life, humanity is the apocalypse. I try to remind myself that back in the fourth century, martin of tour's eschatological anxiety must have felt as real to him as my current anxiety feels to me. All apocalypses are possible, i guess but the climate change catastrophe is in progress.