In the ocean the hadal zone--named for Hades--is located more than 20,000 feet below the surface. The zone has almost no oxygen, but life forms exist down there. There's no light; there are no vegetables or vegetarians. It's cold. Everyone eats someone else (or eats clumps of bacteria). It’s a Trumpian world.
Nearer the surface of the ocean, global warming, brought on by our fossil fuel industries, is heating the water and killing the phytoplankton that produce the oxygen breathed by the American bison. About 40% of the phytoplankton has disappeared in my lifetime Science predicts that the bison (as a species) will likely run out of good air in 80 years.
We should be honest with ourselves. To save the bison we need leadership--not lip service--that will face environmental realities.
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