As I was looking through the Sunday classifies at the New York Times website, I came across an article about jellyfish. I have a growing interest in the impact that we humans have on our environment, and this article resonates with that interest. Why? Two days ago a friend and I were discussing the possibilities of humans being able to do something to prevent earthquakes. It was my friend’s belief that there was little that could be done, plate tectonics being something beyond the reach of human control. I maintained that I did not know enough yet, about plate tectonics to rule out the possibility of human intervention or prevention. Who knows what impact we humans have had on the shifting of the Earth’s crust. There is still more research I need to do on this topic, before I come to some sort of conclusion about it.

The New York Times article, however, deals with the jellyfish population, and how global warming and overfishing have contributed to the current problem. Specifically, because humans have been capturing the predators of these animals, they are proliferating and causing concern along the coasts of the world.

Because I have decided to abstain from eating meat, whether it be from air, earth, fresh water, or sea, I feel that my dietary choice is a part of the healing of the earth. Since I do not eat fish, or knowingly consume products that are derived from fish, this is but one thing I can do about the current environmental mess
on our planet.

Here are some questions I have, that go along with this topic. If the sea is declining, and the sea is a body that helps to regulate temperature along the Earth’s surface and atmosphere, is there a relationship between this activity and the activity along the Earth’s crust, or are they two discrete types of activities, completely unrelated?

If you have any knowledge, please share!