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13 shocking photos that illustrate the destruction of the Earth by overpopulation and overconsumption

8. Geometric fields

No place for nature, the whole landscape is devoted to production in China…

9. Cows with smoke

In Brazil, cattle herds live surounding the continued deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Their habitat and living conditions continue to deteriorate.

10. Abandoned oil wells

The overexploitation of terrestrial resources is another form of ecological aberration, as can be seen here. But while these facilities are no longer used, they are not withdrawn and continue to pollute the land.

11. Plastic bird

On the Midway Atoll, far from the major industrial centres, the albatross colonies suffer the full force of pollution. Here the carcass of one of them shows that he is probably dead because of the plastic ingestion.

12. Shantytown that looks like an anthill

Residents of the slums of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, face extremely difficult living conditions. Some live on marshes and others on unstable slopes or landfills…

13. Chainsaw massacre

The former National Forest of Willamette, near Detroit in the USA, has almost disappeared to make way for a water reservoir.

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