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Is human race nearing its end? An Australian scientist has predicted that human race will be extinct within the next 100 years. The reasons adduced by Frank Fenner, Professor of microbiology at the Australian National University, are population explosion and unbridled consumption. “homo sapiens will become extinct, perhaps within 100 years”, Fenner said, “A lot of other animals too”. “It’s an impossible situation, he further said, and “I think it’s too late. I try not to express that because people are trying to do something, but they keep putting it off”. In 2006, Professor James Lovelock , warned that world’s population may sink as low as 500 million over the next century due to global warming.
Undoubtedly, untamed global warming will be one major reason for extinction of human race. Despite several International Seminars and Conferences on global warming no concrete steps are in sight from the respective Governments to arrest the worsening situation. On the contrary meetings end with blame game.
The Aborigines could survive 40,000 or 50,000 years without advantage of science and disadvantage of greenhouse gases which today cause global warming. But, according to Fenner, the human species is likely to go the same way as many species we have seen disappear. Earlier, Nicholas Boyle of Cambridge University echoed similar sentiments. He had said that a ‘Doomsday’ moment will take place in 2014 and will determine whether the 21st century is full of violence and poverty or will be peaceful and prosperous.
All odds are against human race. There is no check on burgeoning population. Needless to say that India’s contribution in increasing population is quite noteworthy. It is very much doubtful whether the world will be able to generate enough resources to meet the growing demand. Urban habitation is eating away agriculture land. The World may soon face food crisis. Drinking water, the most essential thing for human survival is already a scarce commodity. Some may think Fenner’s prediction as too pessimistic but no one can deny that the problem of unstoppable population growth and dwindling resources is assuming alarming proportions.
