15,000 Scientists Give Dire 'Warning to Humanity'
The newly formed Alliance of World Scientists has just released a dire Warning to Humanity about the fate of the world in the context of ongoing rampant consumption of limited resources by a growing population. The message has been endorsed by 15,000 scientists.
This Warning to Humanity updates one sent by the Union of Concerned Scientists (and backed by 1,700 signatories) 25 years ago. The updated warning states that the predicament humanity now finds itself in is far worse than it was in 1992, with most problems identified in the original message now being far more serious.
Environmental disaster is a particular focus of the warning, with catastrophic climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation and ocean 'dead zones' — where little can live due to pollution and oxygen starvation — all part of the fate presented if radical action is not taken immediately.
Writing in BioScience about the warning, top US ecologist Professor William Ripple, from Oregon State University, argued:
Read the full World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice here.