All this good cheer was plainly too much for human nature,which seems to crave a regular dose of impending doom.That was not missing in 1988, when fears about the environment loomed larger than ever before.Ocean pollution seemed to touch every continent;medical wastes washed up on America's Atlantic beaches,and dying seals on the shores of the North sea.◼ All this good cheer was plainly too much for human nature, which seems to crave a regular dose of impending doom. That was not missing in 1988, when fears about the environment loomed larger than ever before. Ocean pollution seemed to touch every continent; medical wastes washed up on America’s Atlantic beaches, and dying seals on the shores of the North sea