Striking Graphs That Show Humanity’s Domination of the Earth
The numbers don’t lie: Humans are ruining this planet. Atmospheric carbon levels and ocean temperatures are going up. Arctic sea ice and biodiversity levels are going down—and no, the skyrocketing number of chickens doesn’t count toward biodiversity. To comprehend and tackle those problems, scientists and policymakers need data—precise figures that show how Homo sapiens has transformed nearly the entire Earth in one way or another. To that end, a team of researchers has launched the Human Impacts Database, or HuID, a…