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Mother Nature: Surviving Humans?

Understanding the Problem

Perhaps the problem is that those who talk about the problems between humans and the environment is that we forget we live on a very dynamic planet that still spins with or without us. Perhaps because it is so easy to ignore the difficulties and continue with our lives, and that ultimately, nature follows its course in spite of what we do, for better or for worse.
Therein lies the problem. Because the world we are accustomed to, has characteristics that have evolved over thousands of millions of years through extreme natural phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, floods, erosion caused by wind and water, as well as the activity of those same living beings.
While we are smarter as a species, it is difficult to understand why we forget so easily that climate change and extreme events are a natural part of life on the planet. I recently had an interesting discussion with my father talking about the bleak future that awaits us and that was just his argument that made me think: there have always been catastrophic natural disasters, but they are so rare that they are easily forgotten.
In the sixteenth century, for example, there was a great earthquake that killed more than 800 thousand people killed and another earthquake that killed 600 thousand people just 33 years ago and no one remembers. Just 5 years ago, more than 300 thousand people died due to a tsunami and a form of flu killed 50 million people in 1918. The question is inevitable, have we somehow changed the way we live?
This is how I have come to the conclusion as to why we do nothing to remedy the damage we have caused to our planet, because given our selfish human nature, we care little to hear that "we are destroying the planet," when in fact we have signed our own death ruling when we come to the end of the resources that currently keep us alive.
Indeed, the earth will continue here, and as every action has a reaction, undergo the changes necessary to achieve a new stability, in which we will no longer be listed as species. With the demise of the dinosaurs (due to a natural disaster), mammals were able to evolve into what we are now. When our species finally disappears from the face of the earth, insects may evolve further, and after thousands of years, there will be another new species that populates the planet as we do now.

Surviving Nature
It's worth remembering what we are helpless before forces of nature such as a large earthquake, drought or a large-scale epidemic. I think we should give more thought to saving ourselves or else another species will soon take our place.
If you, dear reader, have come to this last paragraph, I can only congratulate you, due to a major shortcoming that characterizes us: indifference. It does not take a scientist to know that something bad is happening. The world is subjected to extreme natural phenomena, whose effects are to be anticipated due to the way we exploit nature. We are adding increasing pressure that will come back to kick us sooner or later. There is nothing wrong in recognizing that the world is under our control. Recognition, is a big step in being able to interpret all these signs, that strong but silent nature is giving us and constantly reminding us to: "be careful". We must understand that if we are not part of the solution, then we must be part of the problem. Simple actions that allow us to lighten the burden we impose so that nature can take its course. Plant a tree and care fore it the rest of its life, respect nature and, above all, be happy!

Mother Nature: Surviving Humans?

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