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15,000 Scientists Issue Warning of "Vast Human Misery" on an "Irretrievably Mutilated" Planet

Monday, November 13, 2017 11:41

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Scientists have long engaged the public and leaders on crucial matters of environmental stewardship. In 1992, the Union of Concerned Scientists, along with more than 1700 signatories, issued the “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity,” in which they argued that human impacts on the natural world were likely to lead to “vast human misery” and a planet that was “irretrievably mutilated.”

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the landmark declaration, William J. Ripple, his colleagues, and over 15,000 signatories from 184 countries revisit the original warning in what they deem “A Second Notice“. Using time-series data, the authors evaluate human responses to the threats identified in 1992. With the exception of a stabilized stratospheric ozone layer, the news is not good. “Humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperiled biosphere,” report the authors. They note that the overwhelming majority of the previously outlined threats remain and “alarmingly, most of them are getting far worse.”

The planet Earth, photographed Dec. 7, 1972, during the Apollo 17 mission.

Credit: NASA

Not all of the news is bleak. Ripple and his colleagues note that the “rapid global decline in ozone-depleting substances shows that we can make positive change when we act decisively.” To build on this success, the authors outline 13 areas in which reined-in human behaviors may be able to move the Earth’s systems toward sustainability. The failure to heed this second notice, say the authors, would produce dire consequences, with catastrophic biodiversity loss and widespread misery for humans.

The authors include a cautionary note: “Soon it will be too late to shift course away from our failing trajectory, and time is running out. We must recognize, in our day-to-day lives and in our governing institutions, that Earth with all its life is our only home.” But they also close with an optimistic message about working together on these environmental challenges: “We can make great progress for the sake of humanity and the planet on which we depend.”

Contacts ad sources:
James M Verdier

American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
BioScience, bix125, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix125

Source: http://www.ineffableisland.com/2017/11/1700-scientists-issue-warning-of-vast.html

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seataka

Drop the BIG ONE solves the Global Warming shore story

Human induced global warming = Makes first use of nuclear weapons conscionable
https://www.quora.com/What-should-everyone-know-about-global-warming

Nov 16, 2017, 12:45 pm -1 Reply
Gabriel Powers

God warns of the same thing. I guess He was right after all.

Nov 18, 2017, 11:01 pm 0 Reply

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