The Gaia hypothesis states that the Earth functions like a living organism – upset the balance, and everything hangs askew. As a biology major, I was intimately familiar with the theory. Scientists said we had exacerbated the planet, accelerating climate change. Zealots said it was the End Times. For the first time in history, the fanatics were right, and the rationalists wrong.
Natural disasters increased tenfold – each week, a hurricane, a tsunami, an earthquake. The death toll climbed and climbed. Wars broke out over resources. I read the papers, numb.
