Ever think that the the universe is evolving. Just think. It takes billions of years for for a galaxy-stars-solar system -planet to evolve to the point where it can support life. Billions of years later, intelligent life is forming.
Life on earth has changed the planet a great deal in the last several thousand years. In the last 300 years alone, we have gone from a largely agricultural society to an industrial society to the information society that we have today.
The earth has changed, much of it due to mans' activities. The earth is accommodating as best as it could to maintain stasis. This could mean global warming and with it global flooding in low level areas. Our reliance on the stability of the climate and weather has and is being tested to the utmost. Dry areas are drier and hotter. Cold areas are warmer and hotter. Extremes of weather are becoming the new norm as the earth attempts to balance the needs of the earth (maintaining stasis) with the effects that mankind is having on the environment.
What is being proposed is that evolution is concurring universally along with the evolution of life on earth. Life is speeding up the evolution of the universe. Where it takes us is not known, at least by us. Hold on, the universe is changing. Don't worry! Enjoy the ride.