This is what 200 tons of sardine carcasses look like

This is what 200 tons of sardine carcasses look like "Yes, you read that correctly — 200 TONS worth of dead sardines. That's how many fish are believed to have washed ashore in Japan's Isumi City since June 3rd. Even more disconcerting? Nobody's really sure what's causing the massive die-off."

To make that even less fun, We’re breaking our planet once and for all, warn scientists.

"A report just published in Nature by a group of 22 international scientists warns that human activity is quickly pushing the planet to a tipping point, after which time the Earth's ecosystem will suffer a rapid and irreversible collapse. What's worse: They suggest we're nearly there.

By using recent scientific theories, ecosystem modeling, and paleontological evidence, the scientists have concluded that the Earth's ecosystem is poised for a "state-shift", after which time the ecosystem is poised for an imminent collapse that would happen in the "blink of an eye." The report, titled "Approaching a State Shift in Earth's Biosphere," warns that localized ecosystems will shift abruptly and enter into a new state of equilibrium.

Not only would these transitions be irreversible, they warn — they'd likely be catastrophic to all life on the planet."

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