Is nature resetting the Earth?

Maybe I've seen and read too much science fiction. Could Mother Nature have decided to smack us around because we have gone too far destroying her? This is not the first time the world has suffered an event like this. Wars, weather events, and world wide illnesses have culled the world before. My grandfather died during the Spanish flu. I was a child when Polio happened. We have forced animal life out to build our communities. So is it possible that Mother Nature has had enough of us?