Emerging resource scarcities threaten to destabilise the world in coming decades, raising the risk of wars, migration and economic crises to levels never before seem. That’s the warning of “Surviving the 21st Century”, a powerful new book released recently by global science publisher Springer International. “Humanity’s use of resources now amounts to 75 billion tonnes a … Continue reading Heading off a global resources crisis

The Earth is risking a major ecological breakdown that could eventually render it largely uninhabitable. This is one of the warnings contained in “Surviving the 21st Century” a powerful new book released recently by global science publisher Springer International. Our combined actions may be leading to “…a gross ecological breakdown that will strike humanity harder … Continue reading Earth ‘at risk of ecological breakdown’