Any kinos about how 15,000 scientists give a catastrophic warning about the fate of the world in new ‘letter to humanity’?
How do we ensure that kino will be logged and archived for the next 1K, 10K, 50, 000, 5million years regardless of man's survival?
A new, dire "warning to humanity" about the dangers to all of us has been written by 15,000 scientists from around the world.The message updates an original warning sent from the Union of Concerned Scientists that was backed by 1,700 signatures 25 years ago. But the experts say the picture is far, far worse than it was in 1992, and that almost all of the problems identified then have simply been exacerbated.Mankind is still facing the existential threat of runaway consumption of limited resources by a rapidly growing population, they warn. And "scientists, media influencers and lay citizens" aren't doing enough to fight against it, according to the letter.If the world doesn't act soon, there be catastrophic biodiversity loss and untold amounts of human misery, they warn.
Progress had been made in some areas - such as cutting ozone-depleting chemicals, and increasing energy generated from renewable sources - but this was far outweighed by the damaging trends, said the scientists.
They pointed out that in the past 25 years:
The amount of fresh water available per head of population worldwide has reduced by 26%.
The number of ocean "dead zones" - places where little can live because of pollution and oxygen starvation - has increased by 75%.
Nearly 300 million acres of forest have been lost, mostly to make way for agricultural land.
Global carbon emissions and average temperatures have shown continued significant increases.
Human population has risen by 35%.
Collectively the number of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish in the world has fallen by 29%.
