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Beyond Extinction: Transition to post-capitalism is inevitable

July 29, 2015

Beyond Extinction: Transition to post-capitalism is inevitable In Margaret Atwood’s powerful essay on the reality of climate change — and its implications for the future of oil-dependent industrial civilization — she tells two vastly distinct stories of our future. The first is a tale of dystopia — a future so bleak, it would make Hollywood moguls looking for the next science fiction […]

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What killed the dinosaurs? (hint: probably not what you used to think)

July 10, 2015

What killed the dinosaurs? (hint: probably not what you used to think) In Walt Disney’s movie “Fantasia” (1940), dinosaurs were shown as dying in a hot and dry world, full of active volcanoes. Recent discoveries show that something like that might really have happened and that the idea that the dinosaurs were killed by an […]

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Sustainability Metrics, Growth Limits, and Philanthropy

June 25, 2015

Sustainability Metrics, Growth Limits, and Philanthropy As the metrics of sustainability become ever more robust and sophisticated, it is ever more apparent to many of us who study those metrics that industrial civilization, as currently configured, is unsustainable. Ecological footprint analysis tells us that we are presently using 1.5 Earths’ worth of resources annually. We […]

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Fighting Extinction

June 16, 2015

Fighting Extinction “This is a true challenge. If the story is told as one of avarice, private gain and exceptionalism, the human race will go extinct.” At the G7 last week, the leading industrial nations agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century. While […]

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The Extinction Survey

May 26, 2015

The Extinction Survey There is a survey currently running on the Doomstead Diner, which asks people to make specific, numerical estimates about the timing of human extinction. It is inspired by the work of Guy McPherson, who has amassed much scientific evidence that points to very major climate disruption occurring over the next 2-3 decades, […]

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Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says

January 18, 2015

Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says A team of scientists, in a groundbreaking analysis of data from hundreds of sources, has concluded that humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them. “We may be sitting on a precipice of a major extinction event,” […]

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Earth could face another mass extinction – study — RT News

December 16, 2014

Earth could face another mass extinction – study — RT News. Animals on Earth continue to disappear at an alarming rate, which could result in another mass extinction over the next few centuries, a study by the journal Nature claims, although researchers are struggling to understand the scale of the problem. Thousands of animals become […]

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– Half Earth’s Wildlife Gone, Governments Meet to Save the Rest | Environment News Service

October 20, 2014

– Half Earth’s Wildlife Gone, Governments Meet to Save the Rest | Environment News Service. PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, October 14, 2014 (ENS) – Global wildlife populations have declined, on average, by 52 percent in the 40 year period since 1970, reports the global conservation nonprofit WWF. Habitat loss and degradation are the greatest threats to […]

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