The destruction of ecosystems that took a millennia in the making can be wiped out with the push of a button. The picture to the left is an example of the impacts of world war one on the environment. The brutality of war towards the natural environment is usually never thought about. Something that took decades to become healthy and prosperous could be brought back right to the beginning within seconds. The environment ends up being the voiceless population of the world, because if we don't stand for it no one will.