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AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] 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 [stanford.edu] 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.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/22/this_time_we_really_are_all_doomed_famous_doomsayer_prof_says/ [theregister.co.uk]

[Paper]: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/5/e1400253.full [sciencemag.org]

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