40 years left. Scientists have calculated when our civilization will collapse
Do you know the canaries used long ago in mines that warned miners against harmful gases? That’s good, because this combination will come in handy soon. Mauro Bologna and Gerardo Aquino are two scientists who looked at the chances of the collapse of our civilization . The idea itself sounds great, but the comprehensive performance of this research, taking into account factors such as rising average temperature, melting glaciers, rising greenhouse gas concentrations, etc., is – according to the researchers – burdened with too many unknown variables. Therefore, Bologna and Aquino decided to focus solely on the canary in the mine , which they believe is the process of deforestation. More specifically, they compared the rate of deforestation on our planet with the index of global consumption and human population. As the authors point out, during the deforestation process, the Earth has already lost tens of millions of square kilometers of forests. And if we maintain the current rat...