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Extinction

John Stossel is seen in front of a red sky and a city skyline | Stossel TV

Panic

No, the World Is Not Heading Toward 'Mass Extinction'

Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.

John Stossel | 1.25.2023 12:30 AM

"60Minutes" should be ashamed of promoting perennial doomster Paul Ehrlich's failed predictions of civilizational collapse yet one more time. | CBS

Paul Ehrlich

60 Minutes Promotes Paul Ehrlich's Failed Doomsaying One More Time

The Population Bomber has never been right, but is never in doubt that the world is coming to its end.

Ronald Bailey | 1.3.2023 11:38 AM

'Tickets for the Ark' hammers home that there is no objective value neutral ecological baseline towards which conservation must aim. | Keng Po Leung | Dreamstime.com

Biodiversity

The Myth of Wild Nature and Creating a New Form of Paradise

A review of the new book Tickets For The Ark, by Rebecca Nesbit

Ronald Bailey | 12.25.2022 7:00 AM

MEGA862349_016 | Rod Lamkey - CNP / MEGA / Newscom/RSSIL/Newscom

Reason Roundup

The FDA Completely Botched Its Response to the Baby Formula Shortage

Plus: Resurrecting an extinct tiger, reviewing the police response to the Uvalde shooting, and more...

Eric Boehm | 5.27.2022 9:30 AM

FireClimateDreamstime | Korn Vitthayanukarun | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

Stop Using 'Too Hot' Climate Models, Says Nature Commentary

And avoid implausible, worst-case scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions too.

Ronald Bailey | 5.5.2022 1:55 PM

HurricaneNOAA | NOAA Satellites

Climate Change

When It Comes to Climate Change, Wealth Equals Adaptation

New U.N. report says we are about to "miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all."

Ronald Bailey | 3.2.2022 5:20 PM

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Stewart Brand

We Are As Gods: Stewart Brand & The Fight to Bring Back Woolly Mammoths

From "stay hungry, stay foolish" to "try everything, take nothing off the table."

Nick Gillespie | 3.31.2021 3:15 PM

Stewart_Brand_in_2020 | Christopher Michel, Wikimedia, CC

Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand: We Are (Still) As Gods

The former Merry Prankster and Whole Earth Catalog founder talks about psychedelics, computers, bringing back woolly mammoths, and his new documentary.

Nick Gillespie | 3.17.2021 4:51 PM

Rhino horn is not an aphrodisiac | CahthwithersDreamstime

Extinction

U.N. Says 1 Million Species Will Go Extinct Without a 'Fundamental, System-wide Reorganization'

But predictions of the apocalypse are again likely overstated.

Ronald Bailey | 5.6.2019 5:30 PM

Giraffe_Ithala_KZN_South_Africa_Luca_Galuzzi_2004 | Wikimedia/Luca Galuzzi (Lucag)

Extinction

Leaked U.N. Report Says a Million Species Are at Risk of Extinction

Such predictions were wrong half a century ago, and this one is likely mistaken too.

Ronald Bailey | 4.26.2019 10:45 AM

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Climate Change

Good News! No Need to Have a Mental Breakdown Over 'Climate Collapse'

The hot new Deep Adaptation report about near-term climate catastrophe is overblown.

Ronald Bailey | 3.29.2019 8:00 AM

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Extinction

Wild Animal Populations Down 60 Percent Since 1970

But economic growth will reverse this trend by sparing lots more land for nature during this century.

Ronald Bailey | 10.31.2018 4:15 PM

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Extinction

How Concerned Should You Be About Species Extinction?

Not very, says biologist R. Alexander Pyron

Ronald Bailey | 11.24.2017 3:30 PM

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Fertility

Spermpocalypse Now?

Are human beings about to become extinct due to falling sperm counts?

Ronald Bailey | 7.26.2017 5:40 PM

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Paul Ehrlich

Population Doomster Paul Ehrlich's New Forecast: 'Biological Annihilation'

New predictions of animal population doom are likely exaggerated.

Ronald Bailey | 7.12.2017 11:30 AM

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Extinction

One-Fifth of Earth's Plants Threatened with Extinction

Recent trends on population, farmland, deforestation, and urbanization are cause for optimism.

Ronald Bailey | 5.10.2016 4:31 PM

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Book Reviews

Ronald Bailey Reviews Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life, by Edward O. Wilson: New at Reason

Saving biodiversity through markets and technology

Reason Staff | 4.1.2016 1:30 PM

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Culture

Jurassic Pigeon

Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.

Zach Weissmueller | 9.27.2015 6:00 AM

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Science & Technology

The End of Doom

Good news! Dire predictions about cancer epidemics, mass extinction, overpopulation, and more turned out to be a bust.

Ronald Bailey | 9.22.2015 6:00 AM

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The End of Doom

The End is Nigh

A majority believes civilization could collapse and humans go extinct in the next 100 years.

Ronald Bailey | 8.14.2015 1:30 PM

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The End of Doom

Malthusians v. Cornucopians, a more critical review of The End of Doom

Bailey responds to the criticism below

Ronald Bailey | 8.14.2015 12:32 PM

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Artificial Intelligence

How Artificial Stupidity Can Kill Us All

The Singularity is closer and dumber than you think.

Ronald Bailey | 8.7.2015 1:30 PM

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Extinction

Humanity Extinct by 2100?

A child born today may live to see humanity's end, unless…, says Reuters.

Ronald Bailey | 6.19.2015 10:07 AM

Extinction

Populations of Vertebrate Species Down 52 Percent Since 1970, Says Living Planet Index Report

Ronald Bailey | 10.1.2014 3:02 PM

Policy

Will Superintelligent Machines Destroy Humanity?

In a thoughtful new book, a philosopher ponders the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence.

Ronald Bailey | 9.12.2014 1:30 PM

Science & Technology

Predictions of a Man-Made Sixth Mass Extinction May Be Exaggerated

Urbanization, forest, and agricultural trends point in a more hopeful direction

Ronald Bailey | 8.1.2014 1:30 PM

Extinction

Ronald Bailey Argues that Predictions of a Sixth Mass Extinction Will Likely Prove Wrong

Reason Staff | 8.1.2014 1:30 PM

Extinction

Kill Yourself to Protect Biodiversity

Ronald Bailey | 10.11.2013 12:05 PM

Paul Ehrlich

Paul Ehrlich Sounds the Trump of Doom Again: And This Time It's A "Consensus"

Ronald Bailey | 5.24.2013 3:20 PM

Science & Technology

De-Extinction Would Be Really Cool

Ronald Bailey | 4.5.2013 12:21 PM

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