Scientists issued a dire warning in a new report published in BioScience, declaring that the world has entered

“uncharted climate territory”

and that

“life on planet Earth is under siege,”

per Huff Post. 

The analysis, consisting of twelve specialists, reveals that 20 out of 35

“vital signs”

of the planet have reached unprecedented extremes, including human population, greenhouse gas emissions, sea level rise, and ocean acidity.

“For several decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extreme climatic conditions because of escalating global temperatures caused by ongoing human activities that release harmful greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere,”

the report states. 

“Unfortunately, time is up. We are seeing the manifestation of those predictions as an alarming and unprecedented succession of climate records are broken, causing profoundly distressing scenes of suffering to unfold. We are entering an unfamiliar domain regarding our climate crisis, a situation no one has ever witnessed firsthand in the history of humanity.”

The report also pointed out recent instances of devastation, such as Asia‘s intense heat waves, Maui, Hawaii being ravaged by catastrophic wildfires, and Libya suffering from floods.

“Without actions that address the root problem of humanity taking more from the Earth than it can safely give, we’re on our way to the potential collapse of natural and socioeconomic systems and a world with unbearable heat and shortages of food and freshwater,”

Christopher Wolf, a lead author of the paper, said in a statement.

The report emphasizes the need for humans to adopt a more compassionate approach toward the environment by reducing the excessive use of global resources, eliminating subsidies for fossil fuels, enhancing forest conservation efforts, and embracing plant-based diets. Scientists also suggest that humanity,

“stabilize and gradually decrease the human population with gender justice through voluntary family planning.”

#Clique, what are your thoughts?