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Re: Western civilization is a health hazard
« Reply #90 on: July 09, 2021, 03:30:57 am »
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/1-billion-sea-creatures-cooked-042741236.html

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1 Billion Sea Creatures Cooked To Death In Canada In Record Pacific Northwest Heat Wave
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As he discovered endless rows of gaping dead mussels, along with dead clams, snails, sea stars and barnacles on Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach in late June, Harley said he was “stunned.”
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Mussels can tolerate temperatures as high as 86 degrees Fahrenheit for short periods of time. But Harley and a colleague using a thermal imaging camera found temperatures as high as 122 degrees along the rocky shoreline of the Salish Sea.
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The deaths are just the latest dramatic sign that the environment is suffering severe consequences from climate change, Harley said.

“If we don’t like it, then we need to work harder to reduce emissions and take other measures to reduce the effects of climate change,” he told the CBC.

Which civilization made emissions a significant phenomenon?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution#Effect_on_environment

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The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and many of the technological innovations were of British origin.[3][4]
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The emergence of great factories and the concomitant immense growth in coal consumption gave rise to an unprecedented level of air pollution in industrial centers; after 1900 the large volume of industrial chemical discharges added to the growing load of untreated human waste.[172]

Thought so.....