Editing Industrial Revolution (section)

===Pollution and ecological collapse===
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The Industrial Revolution has been criticised for leading to immense ecological and habitat destruction. It has led to immense decrease in the [[biodiversity]] of life on Earth. The Industrial revolution has been said to be inherently unsustainable and will lead to eventual [[societal collapse|collapse of society]], mass hunger, starvation, and [[scarcity|resource scarcity]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Climate change, human health, and unsustainable development|first=Angela|last=Mawle|date=1 July 2010|journal=Journal of Public Health Policy|volume=31|issue=2|pages=272–277|doi=10.1057/jphp.2010.12|pmid=20535108|doi-access=free}}</ref>

====The Anthropocene====
The [[Anthropocene]] is a proposed [[epoch]] or mass extinction coming from humanity ([[wikt:anthropo-|anthropo-]] is the Greek root for [[human]]ity). Since the start of the Industrial revolution humanity has permanently changed the Earth, such as immense decrease in biodiversity, and [[mass extinction]] caused by the Industrial revolution. The effects include permanent changes to the Earth's [[atmosphere]] and soil, [[biosphere]], and [[Climate change|climate]]. Most organisms are unable to adapt leading to [[mass extinction]] with the remaining undergoing [[evolutionary rescue]], as a result of the Industrial revolution.

Permanent changes in the distribution of organisms from human influence will become identifiable in the [[geologic record]]. Researchers have documented the movement of many species into regions formerly too cold for them, often at rates faster than initially expected.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Fiona |author-link=Fiona Harvey |date=18 August 2011 |title=Climate change driving species out of habitats much faster than expected |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/aug/18/climate-change-species-habitats |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609104739/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/aug/18/climate-change-species-habitats |archive-date=9 June 2021 |access-date=8 November 2015 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> This has occurred in part as a result of changing climate, but also in response to farming and fishing, and to the accidental introduction of non-native species to new areas through global travel.<ref name="Science2016">{{cite journal |title=The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene |author=Waters, C.N. |journal=Science |volume=351 |issue=6269 |page=aad2622 |doi=10.1126/science.aad2622 |date=8 January 2016 |pmid=26744408 |bibcode=2016Sci...351.2622W |s2cid=206642594 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> The ecosystem of the entire [[Black Sea]] may have changed during the last 2000 years as a result of nutrient and silica input from eroding deforested lands along the [[Danube River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/from-ancient-deforestation-a-delta-is-born/|last=Nuwer|first=Rachel|author-link=Rachel Nuwer|website=The New York Times|title=From Ancient Deforestation, a Delta Is Born|date=14 September 2012|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501005406/https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/from-ancient-deforestation-a-delta-is-born/|url-status=live}}</ref>