Thousands of scientists issue bleak ‘second notice’ to humanity - The Washington Post
We have to take stock of where our hearts are, where our values are, and come together as a people -- as a species -- and agree upon working for our communal survival.
"In late 1992, 1,700 scientists from around the world issued a dire “warning to humanity.” They said humans had pushed Earth's ecosystems to their breaking point and were well on the way to ruining the planet."
“If not checked,” wrote the scientists, led by particle physicist and Union of Concerned Scientists co-founder Henry Kendall,
“many of our current practices put at serious risk the future that we
wish for human society and the plant and animal kingdoms, and may so
alter the living world that it will be unable to sustain life in the
manner that we know.”
But things were only going to get worse.
To mark the letter's 25th anniversary, researchers have issued a bracing follow-up. In a communique published Monday in the journal BioScience,
more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries assess the world's
latest responses to various environmental threats. Once again, they find
us sorely wanting.
“Humanity
has failed to make sufficient progress in generally solving these
foreseen environmental challenges, and alarmingly, most of them are
getting far worse,” they write.
We have to take stock of where our hearts are, where our values are, and come together as a people -- as a species -- and agree upon working for our communal survival.
"In late 1992, 1,700 scientists from around the world issued a dire “warning to humanity.” They said humans had pushed Earth's ecosystems to their breaking point and were well on the way to ruining the planet."
“If not checked,” wrote the scientists, led by particle physicist and Union of Concerned Scientists co-founder Henry Kendall,
“many of our current practices put at serious risk the future that we
wish for human society and the plant and animal kingdoms, and may so
alter the living world that it will be unable to sustain life in the
manner that we know.”
But things were only going to get worse.
To mark the letter's 25th anniversary, researchers have issued a bracing follow-up. In a communique published Monday in the journal BioScience,
more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries assess the world's
latest responses to various environmental threats. Once again, they find
us sorely wanting.
“Humanity
has failed to make sufficient progress in generally solving these
foreseen environmental challenges, and alarmingly, most of them are
getting far worse,” they write.
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