{"id":204029,"date":"2018-04-06T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=204029"},"modified":"2018-04-06T15:49:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:49:02","slug":"canadian-science-fiction-author-kaz-lefave-talks-about-truthful-predictions-of-the-worlds-environmental-problems-in-nemecene-book-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/canadian-science-fiction-author-kaz-lefave-talks-about-truthful-predictions-of-the-worlds-environmental-problems-in-nemecene-book-series_204029.html","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Science fiction author Kaz Lefave talks about truthful predictions of the world\u2019s environmental problems in Nemecene book series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\" width:250px; padding:8px 10px 10px 10px; float:right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1523002017.png\" style=\"border:none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1523002017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toronto, ON &#8211; <\/strong>Canadian science fiction author Kaz Lefave is advocating against the destruction of the environment in her Nemecene book series, in which she imagines a toxic planet flooded by dead oceans and poisonous gases, and it&rsquo;s not in some distant galaxy. It&rsquo;s right here, on Earth, and its human citizens caused it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tackling the topic of the environmental crisis in her fictional series, Lefave explains, &ldquo;Since the 70s, scientific research has been collecting evidence on the destructive impact of humans on the environment, while political will has stalled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In her research, the science fiction author uncovered that the oceans are rising, acidifying, warming, losing their oxygen, becoming a plastic soup, producing more toxic algae blooms, circulating slower, and spreading marine disease at an alarming rate. In 2008, Scientific American reported &ldquo;405 identified dead zones worldwide, up from 49 in the 1960s.&rdquo; And according to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science Worldwide, &ldquo;the number of dead zones has approximately doubled each decade since the 1960s. Looking further back, geologic evidence shows that low-oxygen &lsquo;dead zones&rsquo; were not a naturally recurring event in most&nbsp;estuarine ecosystems&rdquo;. Coupled with the discovery of a new 23,000 square mile dead zone in the Bay of Bengal that scientists fear could be a global tipping point, a repeat of the Great Dying of the Permian-Triassic period, some 250 million years ago, doesn&rsquo;t seem like fantasy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recent documentary filmmakers like the Rob Stewart (Sharkwater,&nbsp;Revolution), Josh Fox (Gasland,&nbsp;How To Let Go Of The World), and Franny Armstrong (The Age of Stupid) have reached an audience. Documentary series like the&nbsp;Years of Living Dangerously&nbsp;produced by James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub, and Arnold Schwarzeneger have brought the issue to primetime television.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lefave also stated, &ldquo;Our imprint on the planet has even prompted a new term &ldquo;Anthropocene&rdquo;, coined by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer, for consideration as a potential geological epoch that started around the time of the industrial revolution.&nbsp;However, despite these efforts, our day-to-day habits are not changing fast enough to stop the impending human-induced mass extinction. It&rsquo;s now time to attract a following not necessarily passionate about hard facts. Emotions are what drive action.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through her Nemecene science fiction book series, Kaz Lefave is hoping to tantalize readers with &ldquo;who&rdquo; water really is, in order to fundamentally shift humanity&rsquo;s relationship with their home planet and the beings who live here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To learn more about Kaz Lefave&rsquo;s fictional Nemecene universe and support international water and ocean stewardship, visit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nemecene.com\/\">www.nemecene.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kaz Lefave has a bachelor in Applied Science (engineering) from Queen&rsquo;s University, a fashion degree from the Richard Robinson Fashion Design Academy, certifications in personal training and hypnosis, a US Patent in user interface design, an IMBD credit as director,&nbsp; and has written extensively on environmental issues via&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/womannotwaiting.com\/\">WomanNotWaiting.com<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/lifeasahuman.com\/\">LifeAsAHuman.com<\/a>, and her philanthropy mission at Aguacene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4470514\/anthropocene-geological-epoch-earth-scientists\/\">http:\/\/time.com\/4470514\/anthropocene-geological-epoch-earth-scientists\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/oceanic-dead-zones-spread\/&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">http:\/\/www.vims.edu\/research\/topics\/dead_zones\/index.php&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.undp.org\/content\/undp\/en\/home\/librarypage\/environment-energy\/water_governance\/ocean_and_coastalareagovernance\/issue-brief---ocean-hypoxia--dead-zones-.html\">http:\/\/www.undp.org\/content\/undp\/en\/home\/librarypage\/environment-energy\/water_governance\/ocean_and_coastalareagovernance\/issue-brief&#8212;ocean-hypoxia&#8211;dead-zones-.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/48c6d3d58fa7511655006dd736f772ed.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> Visionary Media Group<br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Ena S<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href='http:\/\/www.universalpressrelease.com\/?pr=canadian-science-fiction-author-kaz-lefave-talks-about-truthful-predictions-of-the-worlds-environmental-problems-in-nemecene-book-series&#038;type=pra'>Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 7077101017<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> Canada<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nemecene.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.nemecene.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"text\/html\" data=\"http:\/\/www.nemecene.com\" style=\"width:605px; 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