Comment by Retric

This is exactly why science education is so important.

But if it makes you feel better, all man made structures combined cover a small fraction of the earths surface people tend to be in areas with other people and thus it looks like we’re doing more than we are. NYC for example has 291x the average population density of the rest of the US and that’s including over a square mile devoted to Central Park.

Agriculture has a bigger impact because it cover so much land, but that’s offset by it being relatively close to nature.