“Ecological Ponzi scheme” threatens to bring down humanity, scientists warn
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Accelerating biodiversity loss, climate change and over-consumption are swiftly pushing human societies toward a “ghastly future” of growing hunger, political division and societal breakdown, leading scientists said on Wednesday. Despite years of warnings, the threats are underestimated and not broadly understood, and efforts to head them off are hamstrung because many […]