Population surge means there is only a 10% chance of avoiding a collapse of world civilisation,says professorThe population of soil has doubled since Paul Ehrlich first warned the world that there were too many humans. Three and a half billion people later, he is more pessimistic than ever, and estimating there is only a 10% chance of avoiding a collapse of global civilisation."Among the knowledgeable people there is no more conversation about whether the danger is genuine," Ehrlich told the Guardian. "Civilisations have collapsed before: the question is whether we can avoid the first time [an] entire global civilisation has given us the opportunity of having the whole mess collapse."Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com