Their use is also not only a problem in isolation, but has literally fuelled us to overconsume, and hence overburden, countless planetary ecosystems on which we depend.
Through global trade and international travel, humans have transported countless species into ecosystems that are not prepared for them.
This reluctance is the death knell of countless species and ecosystems on Earth that we have come to love and are loathe to imagine the world without.
In recent years we've become more sophisticated at understanding and assessing nature's value to people; from food and fuel production, to water purification and spiritual renewal, natural ecosystems provide countless services that sustain us.
But with mankind's continuing destruction of the environment and the entire ecosystems and countless human and animal lives at risk, I'm afraid we'll be facing the consequences of not doing enough way before we start wondering if we've done too much.
From a conservation perspective, our results demonstrate that the new Brazilian Forest Code will greatly jeopardize not only the terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity of these ecosystems, but also countless other ecological functions.
And they leave countless coastal communities and marine ecosystems vulnerable to accidents like this one in Kodiak.
All over the country, mangrove swamps, essential not only to the local ecosystem but to countless migratory birds and animals, are being buried under landfill to support new condo developments.
There is no doubt that environmentally the case for protecting the Chagos Islands is overwhelming: its seawater is the least-polluted ever tested; its coral reefs are entirely unspoilt; its whole ecosystem, with its countless seabirds, turtles, coconut-cracking crabs (the world's largest), dolphins, sharks and nearly 1,000 other species of fish, is pristine.
I've heard about many people working in the French startup ecosystem who had countless of troubles in order to get a visa.
