Eco-apocolypse -Wirzba

Wirzba makes the idea of eco-apocalypse sound far fetched, only relating it to fiction. I strongly disagree. While we will not wake up to 90% of the population having contracted a horrible disease, it has happened in the past when Native Americans met Europeans. Thanks to globalization this is unlikely to happen again. What is more likely is a number of small environmental changes that equal a large change in human life. Raising ocean levels will cause small Pacific Islands to disappear, Norfolk to relocate, and thousands of homes to be destroyed. Changing weather will cause agriculture to suffer. Lack of food causes civil war and turmoil between cities, states and countries. Among other changes, climate change is already leading us down a path toward an eco-apocalyptic life.