Dahr Jamail | Mass Extinction: It’s the End of the World as We Know It

Mass Extinction:

BYDahr Jamail, Truthout PUBLISHEDJuly 6, 2015SHAREShare via FacebookShare via TwitterShare via Email

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Guy McPherson is a professor emeritus of evolutionary biology, natural resources and ecology at the University of Arizona, and has been a climate change expert for 30 years. He has also become a controversial figure, due to the fact that he does not shy away from talking about the possibility of near-term human extinction.

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While McPherson’s perspective might sound like the stuff of science fiction, there is historical precedent for his predictions. Fifty-five million years ago, a 5-degree Celsius rise…