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World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice

BioScience · 2017 · Vol. 67(12) · pp. 1026–1028

William J. Ripple✉(University of Sydney)Christopher Wolf(University of Sydney)Thomas M. Newsome(Deakin University)Mauro Galetti(University of Sydney)Mohammed Alamgir(University of Sydney)Eileen Crist(Virginia Tech)Mahmoud I. Mahmoud(University of Sydney)William F. Laurance(University of Sydney)15,364 scientist signatories from 184 countries

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Abstract

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1992 "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity", we look back at their warning and evaluate the human response by exploring available time-series data. Since 1992, with the exception of stabilizing the stratospheric ozone layer, humanity has failed to make sufficient progress in generally solving these foreseen environmental challenges, and alarmingly, most of them are getting far worse.

Climate Change Communication and Perception Space Science and Extraterrestrial LifeNoticeHumanityEnvironmental ethicsWarning systemPolitical scienceLawComputer sciencePhilosophyTelecommunications

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