6/3/2023 0 Comments Autonomous by Annalee Newitz![]() ![]() ![]() But in Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, Annalee Newitz, science journalist and editor of the science Web site io9.com explains that although global disaster is all but inevitable, our chances of long-term species survival are better than ever. It’s a frightening prospect, as each of the Earth’s past major disasters-from meteor strikes to bombardment by cosmic radiation-resulted in a mass extinction, where more than 75 percent of the planet’s species died out. Study of our planet’s turbulent past suggests that we are overdue for a catastrophic disaster, whether caused by nature or by human interference. Can we survive it? How?Īs a species, Homo sapiens is at a crossroads. And we know that another global disaster is eventually headed our way. In its 4.5 billion–year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes. ![]()
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