i just wanted to substantiate my claim that the environment is fucked:
glaciers melting: himalayan, antarctica, oh hell, just take a look at the google list. google ocean dead zones (pics), a humongous swirling collection of plastic in the middle of the pacific,
check this out--tropical forest loss. i dont fully understand this data at the moment, but the only country that shows an increase in tree cover is vietnam. probably all the areas that the americans agent-oranged. this article says that the rate of deforestation is increasing. that's right folks, an exponential rate of deforestation.

ok, what else can i find with a little big of googling?
lesse, we are in a mass extinction (with lots of mentions of the rate of extinction increasing (google) --an exponential rate of extinction), ozone hole.