This is the uncomfortable truth. Watch David Attenborough's witness statement - he talks about this too.
The best way to save the planet is for humans to stop multiplying. What did Agent Smith call humans in "The Matrix"? "Like a virus."
David's my idol. His face should up in the dictionary & encyclopedia as "Fig. A" for environmentalist.
All others are mere virtue signaling posers trying to one up each other for social status among their peer group.
The worst type of "environmentalists" are those who use their causes to extract corporate social responsibility (CSR) money to fund their "studies" and "bird counting" trips. Nevermind if its a dirty energy or from underwater mining. "I got my funding for my vacation!"
Tell that to the Auks, the Do-do’s, prehistoric mega-fauna, the ice age, and the medieval warming period.
I agree with you.
They all did happen.
The difference between the last 200 years and the 10,000 years prior are the degrees or frequencies of those world changing events.
It will only get worse as more people are born and critical habitats converted to farmland to feed more people and grow plants for textile to make clothing, cut down trees for building homes to cover these newly born person's physiological basic needs.
That's a lot of "green" people are shams. Those who actually walk the walk would shun using mass market laundry detergent and modern laundry machines as these really screw up the environment.