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Human well-being will be severely jeopardized by negative trends in some types of environmental harm, such as a changing climate, deforestation, loss of access to fresh water, species extinctions and human population growth, scientists warn in today's issue of BioScience, an international journal.
The viewpoint article—"World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice"—was signed by more than 15,000 scientists in 184 countries.
The warning came with steps that can be taken to reverse negative trends, but the authors suggested that it may take a groundswell of public pressure to convince political leaders to take the right corrective actions. Such activities could include establishing more terrestrial and marine reserves, strengthening enforcement of anti-poaching laws and restraints on wildlife trade, expanding family planning and educational programs for women, promoting a dietary shift toward plant-based foods and massively adopting renewable energy and other "green" technologies.
Global trends have worsened since 1992, the authors wrote, when more than 1,700 scientists—including a majority of the living Nobel laureates at the time—signed a "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity" published by the Union of Concerned Scientists. In the last 25 years, trends in nine environmental issues suggest that humanity is continuing to risk its future. However, the article also reports that progress has been made in addressing some trends during this time.
The article was written by an international team led by William Ripple, distinguished professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. The authors used data maintained by government agencies, nonprofit organizations and individual researchers to warn of "substantial and irreversible harm" to the Earth.
"Some people might be tempted to dismiss this evidence and think we are just being alarmist," said Ripple. "Scientists are in the business of analyzing data and looking at the long-term consequences. Those who signed this second warning aren't just raising a false alarm. They are acknowledging the obvious signs that we are heading down an unsustainable path. We are hoping that our paper will ignite a wide-spread public debate about the global environment and climate."
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(Score: 2) by gottabeme on Wednesday November 22 2017, @01:32AM (6 children)
Ok, I can't let this slide. You're citing John Cook's web site as an authority on CAGW. I hope you are ignorant of the scandal in which he and his cohorts unethically cooked (ha) data and decided in advance what the conclusion of their paper would be. Because if you know about his complete lack of integrity and still cite him, you thereby destroy your own integrity. Whereas, if you are merely ignorant, you merely demonstrate that you haven't bothered to do sufficient research, yet cling stubbornly to your beliefs and defend them with caustic zeal.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday November 22 2017, @02:01AM (5 children)
Oh, do enlighten me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 23 2017, @08:06PM
(Score: 2) by gottabeme on Monday November 27 2017, @12:00PM (3 children)
Oh, do your own homework.
If you care so much about the world, you should care enough to do the most basic search on Google for the works you cite. If you're unwilling to do that, then you are willfully ignorant and not serious at all. Ironically, this is one of the chief memes used by alarmists, that their opponents are merely ignorant, or willfully so. Amazing how often the opposite is the case.
Or you can just read khallow's comment, in which he does the work for you.
But maybe you already know about it and are just pushing lies to advance your agenda. Not big surprise, if so.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday November 28 2017, @01:30AM (2 children)
I'm willing to do my homework, not willing to do yours.
Your claim, your duty to support it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by gottabeme on Wednesday November 29 2017, @03:19AM (1 child)
False. You cited Cook's article, so it's your job to verify its veracity. If you neglect to do so, you are guilty of willful ignorance. Now that you have been informed of its falsity, you are additionally guilty of spreading false information.
We're not even talking about reading Cook's article--we're talking about doing a Google search!
But you're obviously fine with lying. The ends justify the means, right? You'd cite a thousand Cooks if you could.
Filthy liar.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 29 2017, @06:06AM
After spewing all this shit, be civilized and use that toilet paper to wipe you mouth, will you?