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> [“The air, soil and water cumulatively degrade; the climates and oceans destabilize; species become extinct at a spasm rate across continents; pollution cycles and volumes increase to endanger life-systems at all levels in cascade effects; a rising half of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcmurtry/the-air-soil-and-water-cumulatively-degrade-the-climates-and-oceans/)

John McMurtry

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## More by John McMurtry

> [“The air, soil and water cumulatively degrade; the climates and oceans destabilize; species become extinct at a spasm rate across continents; pollution cycles and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcmurtry/the-air-soil-and-water-cumulatively-degrade-the-climates-and-oceans/)

John McMurtry

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