The book opens with a stark declaration: “We are bound for extinction.” Just as dinosaurs vanished from Earth, humanity will meet the same fate. While this may seem an absurd leap in an era of 8.2 ...

Warnings that humanity is heading toward its own disappearance have shifted from the fringes of science fiction into mainstream research and public debate. Instead of vague prophecies, scientists now ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.