A professor famous for predicting the imminent demise of the human race at regular intervals since the 1970s has predicted the imminent demise of the human race.
Paul Ehrlich, who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, says it's definitely on this time. In a tinned statement issued on Friday, the arm-waving prof lays it on the line:
There is no longer any doubt: We are entering a mass extinction that threatens humanity's existence ... the window of opportunity is rapidly closing ...
"[The study] shows without any significant doubt that we are now entering the sixth great mass extinction event," Ehrlich said ...
"If it is allowed to continue, life would take many millions of years to recover, and our species itself would likely disappear early on," said lead author Gerardo Ceballos.
The original article can be found at The Register, with coverage of the cited study coming from ScienceMag.org
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @03:12PM
When the Titanic orchestra plays the last tunes, while people are drowning another one will make a buck on listening to them and keeping your feet dry for a few extra minutes.
You must be fun to be around.
They played because they knew they were not getting on a boat and to calm people down. Might as well go out doing what you like...