Are we killing ourselves?

We are all aware of the mounting evidence that our activities are changing the planet on a global scale and at a possibly irreversible rate. We are affecting everything from a small scale on the level of the gene to a large scale on the level of ecosystems. By doing so we are not only threatening the physical, chemical and biological services of these ecosystems but also our own security in terms of food production and oxygen production.

Some scientists think that we are on the edge of a massive catastrophe. According to an interview on Science Daily with Andrew Brierley, and Michael Kingsford from St Andrews University and James Cook University respectively man-made carbon emissions are now above the ‘worst case’ scenario envisioned by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), are we on the tipping point, or can we yet still save ourselves?

We would really love to hear what your views are on global climate change? Are these changes irreversible? What can we do to reverse or slow down these changes? What are YOUR views?

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