Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

Famous Doomsayer Paul Ehrlich Says "This Time We Really Are All Doomed"

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday June 24 2015, @02:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the he-hasn't-been-right-yet dept.

AnonTechie writes:

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

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Famous Doomsayer Paul Ehrlich Says "This Time We Really Are All Doomed" | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 64 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Wednesday June 24 2015, @05:50PM

    by captain normal (2205) on Wednesday June 24 2015, @05:50PM (#200491)

    "If the sun doesn't have as many sunspots, then more solar radiation hits the Earth and that heats the Earth up."
    How about a citation if you are going make such a claim. There is nothing in the NASA link you provided that even hints at such an effect. Plus we are (from the link you provided) just past the peak of cycle 24 and still 6~7 years away from minimum Sunspot activity.

    --
    Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   2  

  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Wednesday June 24 2015, @05:54PM

    by captain normal (2205) on Wednesday June 24 2015, @05:54PM (#200496)

    I just realized that AC is most likely a Faux News science reporter.

    --
    Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--

  • (Score: 1) by chucky on Wednesday June 24 2015, @06:19PM

    by chucky (3309) on Wednesday June 24 2015, @06:19PM (#200508)

    Copied from http://spaceweather.com/ [spaceweather.com]:

    Spotless Days
    Current Stretch: 0 days
    2015 total: 0 days (0%)
    2014 total: 1 day (1%)
    2013 total: 0 days (0%)
    2012 total: 0 days (0%)
    2011 total: 2 days (1%)
    2010 total: 51 days (14%)
    2009 total: 260 days (71%)

    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday June 24 2015, @09:49PM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Wednesday June 24 2015, @09:49PM (#200620) Journal

      That's not a citation for the claim

      "If the sun doesn't have as many sunspots, then more solar radiation hits the Earth and that heats the Earth up."

      --
      The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.