“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” exclaims HG Wells, but With the increasing threat of a world environmental catastrophe, irresponsibility continues to flourish using water as a catalyst. “Nearly half of China’s chemical plants ( of 7,555 facilities, 81% are located along rivers and lakes) pose major environmental risks” , according to (SEPA) China’s State Environmental Protection Administration. Recently, in the North-Western city of YinChuan, a break in a rusty chlorine gas pipe left 160 people hospitalized. SEPA warns of an increase in pollution incidents if safety was not improved. In our oceans, noise pollution continues to rise resulting in high profile whales beaching due to sonar blasts by the US and other nations militaries. “Their world is just being collapsed,” Christopher Clark said. A Cornell bioacoustics scientist. “They rely so heavily on sound. They can’t see anything.” With the continual pollutants of the ocean both chemical and sound, the ever increasing Dead zones are becoming prominent in the largest mass of the world. There are currently 146 dead zones in the ocean where marine life could not be supported due to depleted oxygen levels. “The work of ameliorating the conditions of life - the true civilizing process that makes life more and more secure - had gone steadily on to a climax.” said Wells, but at what cost?
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