18 Devastating Photos That Show Man's Impact On Nature

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A surfer rides a wave full of trash and debris

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This used to be a forest.

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So did this...

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Running out of space to live...

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Running out of space for food...

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Running out of space for animals...

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Our trash doesn't just affect us...

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Neither do our energy efforts...

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The Deepwater Horizon crisis (a.k.a BP's f*ck up of epic proportion).

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Previously a forest in Oregon.

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Oil filters and toxic debris at a landfill.

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Metal scraps at a junkyard.

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A literal mountain of cell phone chargers.

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Pollution and refuse fill rivers, lakes, and oceans...

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Millions of dead fish off the coast of California.

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This is heartbreaking.

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This sandy wasteland was once a Boreal Forest.

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Urban sprawling over-takes ecosystems and causes air pollution on a massive scale.