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The End of the Wild Food

from the August, 2011 issue of Undercurrent  

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As a diver, my interest in the sea extends far beyond what I experience underwater. I'm deeply concerned about the impact we humans are having on our oceans. Our thirst for carbon-based fuels heats the ocean beyond its tolerance, increases its acidification to the point when seawater slowly dissolves some crustacean and mollusk shells, and melts our icecaps too quickly - a hundred years is a split second in our planet's history - so island nations and our coastal cities may be flooded before the next century....