Many of the same events that defined the biggest extinctions in the history of our planet are happening in our time and unfolding at an unprecedented speed. For many extinction scientists studying the fossil record, it’s less a question of will it happen, and more of when, and how many of us will survive. Ashley Coates weighs the odds
A group of emperor penguins face a crack in the sea ice, near McMurdo Station, AntarcticaFloods destroyed eight bridges and ruined crops such as wheat, maize and peas in the Karimabad valley in northern Pakistan, a mountainous region with many glaciers. In many parts of the world, glaciers have been in retreat, creating dangerously large lakes that can cause devastating flooding when the banks break. Climate change can also increase rainfall in some areas, while bringing drought to others.
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