The Coming Extinction of Humanity: Six Converging Crises That Threaten Our Survival

"The Coming Extinction of Humanity recognizes that our small planet is facing a conjunction of crises that threaten each of us, and our progeny, as well as every other species alive on the planet today. It elucidates these crises, and their interconnections, in simple yet compelling prose..." -Dr. G. McPherson R.J. Connors takes the reader on a fascinating voyage through time and nature, and shows the causes and effects of the threats we face. He explains the complex scientific issues in language that makes clear the results of the studies being conducted in the far corners of the globe. The alarms are ringing, but are we listening? Today our planet is facing growing threats, a series of severe challenges that we are unlikely to overcome. This book explains these in understandable terms, and with a clear-eyed look at the causes and effects. There are warning signs in the trends of several global health indicators. Combined, they pose the greatest threat mankind has ever faced. Planet Earth is home to almost seven billion humans. We like to think of the Earth as a solid, secure place, with a straight-line history, and a predestined future. In reality it is a cocoon, a tiny sliver of hospitality in an extremely hostile solar system, surrounded by trillions of miles of void. Like astronauts in a space station, we are dependent upon a close balance of our supplies of air, water, and food. Unlike the space station, there are no lifeboats.... "This is a stunning book, in effect a 'future history' of our planet." -Nicholas Roy