The fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth.

~ David Attenborough

Coral Life, Papua, New Guinea – photo by desant7474, bigstockphoto.com