Words are important, and I was precisely clear I was stalking about
extinction of all of humanity, not some limited sub groups, or animal species (all of which is quite horrendous enough).
But none of those sources appear to claim climate change could cause
extinction of all of humanity as in «all» of humanity.
Not exact matches
Build a self - sustaining colony
of one million people on the Red Planet, thereby giving
humanity a chance to survive an «
extinction event» back here on Earth.
He then reduces Jesus» death and resurrection to «a major evolutionary step [note the indefinite article] in the moral achievement
of humanity»... «saving his fellow humans from
extinction, their evolutionary fate, to share in the life
of the Trinity».
Applied to the individual the idea
of total
extinction may not at first sight appall us; but extended to
humanity as a whole it revolts and sickens us.
One also wonders what Weil, in her concern for suffering
humanity, would have made
of today's great
extinction of the nations through infertility.
The job
of saving
humanity from
extinction currently falls to no one.
These assessments, based on reviews
of the scientific literature, will answer questions about how much biodiversity is declining and what the implications
of extinctions and ecosystem change might be for
humanity.
If most
of us expect to live possibly indefinitely in good health, there is a strong motivation to help protect
humanity from long - term risks like
extinction from a new pandemic, the exhaustion
of key nonrenewable resources, global nuclear warfare — or a meteor strike.
«
Humanity has committed itself to saving species from
extinction, but until now we have not had a good idea
of even how many there are,» says coauthor Boris Worm, a marine ecologist at Dalhousie.
In the latter, double - crossing agents
of an elite organization use time travel to save
humanity from
extinction over and over, inhabiting a loopy timescape where it is possible to murder oneself and live to tell the tale.
This misconception has been used for over a century to absolve
humanity from causing the
extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and explain how billions
of birds disappeared so quickly.
It is widely documented that the nature
of humanity's impact on Earth has reduced many wildlife populations to a precarious state and caused some complete
extinctions.
The CO2 content
of the oceans decrease, pulling CO2 out
of the atmosphere, depriving plants
of their food source, causing agriculture to fail, and the dreams
of the
humanity - is - a-cancer-on-the-face-
of-the-planet types comes true: the
extinction of human life, and much animal life with it.
Even the military couldn't stop the zombies, and now
humanity stands on the brink
of extinction.
As the
extinction of humanity was not far from reality, the Slayers opened their villages as sanctuaries, to protect those who escaped, and provided a last line
of defence against the horror.
Humanity has been driven to the brink
of extinction on a colonised planet ruled by dragons.
Screen adaptation
of Max Brooks» apocalyptic novel about a globetrotting, United Nations investigator (Brad Pitt) who rises to the occasion in the face
of a zombie pandemic that's toppling governments and threatening
humanity with
extinction.
Controlling a group
of human explorers, you and your team are charged with the responsibility
of leading
humanity into battle against a new and growing threat that could lead to the
extinction of the dwindling human race.
The beasts have pushed
humanity to the brink
of extinction, and you are part
of humanity's last hope.
The game tells the story
of humanity's own
extinction, ultimately leading up to the rise
of these mechanical dinosaurs.
Demon's Souls is an action role - playing game that pits you against the forces
of The Old One as you fight to save
humanity from
extinction.
Set in 2057, Sunshine follows the flight
of Icarus II, a massive, shielded space ship sent to revive our dying sun and prevent the
extinction of earth and
humanity.
Set in a future where a failing Earth puts
humanity on the brink
of extinction, it sees an intrepid team
of NASA scientists, engineers and pilots attempt to find a new habitable planet, via interstellar travel.
And Lena begins to understand the true alien nature
of what is happening, and if the world will recover from what is happening remains to be seen, and the possibility
of humanity's
extinction.
Extinction revolves around the concept
of hundred - foot - tall ogres known as Ravenii waging a war on
humanity, smashing into their cities and killing everything in sight.
Daybreakers (R for profanity, graphic violence and brief nudity) post-apocalyptic, sci - fi thriller, set in 2019, revolving around a research scientist's (Ethan Hawke) attempt to save
humanity from
extinction after a plague turns 95 %
of people on the planet into bloodthirsty vampires.
In this sublimely intricate and compulsively readable tour de force
of Dickensian bravura and genre - blending splendor, Harkaway tells the tale
of a mild - mannered London clockmaker faced with saving
humanity from
extinction.
In the face
of an enemy completely immune to conventional weapons, urban civilization collapses, and each day
humanity is driven further and further toward
extinction.
From the bestselling author that brought you the award - winning
Extinction Cycle series, comes an all new vision
of the apocalypse and the future
of humanity.
An
extinction - level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants
of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer
humanity help.
Facing
extinction,
humanity becomes desperate to flush earth
of the mysterious Tiberium crystal that's depleting the planet
of its life.
The story picks up four years after the conclusion
of Resistance 2,
humanity is near
extinction and Joe has been vilified and discharged from the army for killing the hero Hale, and the new protagonist is doing his best to live in peace with his family and other survivors.
Join the ranks
of an elite force
of monster fighting God Eaters, take up arms with all - powerful God Arc weapons, and join friends to slay gigantic monstrosities threatening to bring about
humanity's
extinction.
Although the ending
of the game answered pretty much all the questions we might have had about Aloy's past and the events that led
humanity close to
extinction, that didn't stop Guerilla Games from giving fans more
of this amazing world with The Frozen Wilds expansion.
As
humanity teeters on the verge
of extinction Alice takes on one last mission to return to Raccoon City to steal a cure to the T - virus that could end the Zombie Apocalypse.
Even the military couldn't stop the zombies, and now
humanity stands on the brink
of extinction.
The player creates and evolves their own custom plague and your ultimate goal is the
extinction of humanity on Earth.
It's pretty much your standard «
humanity is on the verge
of extinction by a new and dangerous species» plot.
As the
extinction of humanity was not far from reality, the Slayers opened their villages as sanctuaries, to protect those who escaped, and provided a last line
of defence against the horror.
SOMA takes place in an underwater research facility that became a stronghold for the remnants
of humanity after an
extinction event.
Sci - fi fans will also enjoy the backdrop to the action, which is a millennium - spanning saga which encompasses global civil war, an ages old alien threat and
humanity in need
of salvation as it teeters on the edge
of extinction.
Eight years ago, a league
of hardcore, gun - slinging heroes recovered
humanity from the brink
of extinction.
Choosing one
of three races — which vary only in appearance but not skill or ability — you learn that
humanity has been driven to the brink
of extinction.
The
extinction crisis that is underway, precipitated by
humanity, is at least equal to global warming in its potential to destabilize the biosphere — to make the planet less habitable to us and many
of our fellow species.
Actually at this time the
extinction of humanity would be a great boon to the biosphere, but I think we'll improve.
This guy from The New York Times, if he really thinks that
humanity is destroying the planet,
humanity is destroying the climate, that human beings in their natural existence are going to cause the
extinction of life on Earth — Andrew Revkin.
While I am unconvinced by the arguments that a loss
of biodiversity threatens
humanity — largely because the available empirical evidence suggests otherwise — I believe that species
extinctions impoverish the world in which we live, and support efforts to protect biodiversity, so long as they are suitably protective -LSB-...]
Unfortunately, for people who care about the future
of humanity and the vast variety
of species were are dragging to
extinction [PDF] through the climate crisis, profit is the key factor for fossil fuel barons and their influence peddlers.
I'd say it'd be more apocalyptic (as per Dr. Venkman's «dogs and cats, living together» dictum) if the animals were migrating to environments * more * likely to result in their
extinction;) Having said that, I acknowledge that a common view is that
humanity is doing exactly that — not a physical migration, but an enforced anthropogenic man - handling
of the entire biosphere towards a bad neighborhood in Earth's «state space», where we risk being stabbed by shadowy tipping points, mugged by run - away processes and distressed at the sight
of an anoxic ocean vomiting over the local fauna.