A 'ghastly future' unless extraordinary action is taken soon on sustainability – Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA
Without immediate and drastic intervention, humans face a “ghastly future” — including declining health, climate devastation, tens of millions of environmental migrants and more pandemics — in the next several decades, according to an international team of 17 prominent scientists. In a paper published Jan. 13 in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science, the researchers cite more than 150 scientific studies and conclude, “That we are already on the path of a sixth major extinction is now scientifically undeniable.” Among the paper’s co-authors is Daniel Blumstein, a UCLA pro...