Sunday, August 9, 2020

Theoretical physicists say 90% chance of societal collapse within several decades

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This photo shows a logging train on the CP Rail mainline in British Columbia, Canada. It depicts man's assault on Earth's forests as it was happening one hundred years ago, in 1920. Photo credit - UBC Library Digitization Centre.

Deforestation and rampant resource use is likely to trigger the 'irreversible collapse' of human civilization unless we rapidly change course. Details here.

1 comment:

PinP said...

This article focuses on man's rapid destruction of Earth's forests resource as a main driver of societal collapse. The image displayed in it reveals how this did not begin yesterday. It depicts a logging train on the CP Rail mainline in BC in 1920 - one hundred years ago.

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