1. sciencealert.com

    Oct 9, 2023For example, we can estimate the chances of an extinction-sized asteroid hitting Earth by examining how many such space rocks have hit the Moon over its history. A French scientist named Jean-Marc Salotti did this in 2022, calculating the odds of an extinction-level hit in the next century at around one in 300 million.
  2. theconversation.com

    Oct 5, 2023In 2020, Oxford-based philosopher Toby Ord published a book called The Precipice about the risk of human extinction. He put the chances of "existential catastrophe" for our species during the ...
  3. sciencetimes.com

    Oct 9, 2023Humans are at risk of going extinct. According to Oxford-based philosopher Toby Ord's 2020 book " The Precipice , " we have one in six chances of "existential catastrophe" in the next century.
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  5. Dec 17, 2022The two scientists say past approaches to assessing extinction rates over the coming century have been underestimated by not incorporating co-extinctions - that is, species that go extinct because ...
  6. w.wienslab.com

    drive many species to extinction within the next 50-100 years, ei-ther by itself or in combination with other factors. Yet, the number of species that are at risk from climate change remains highly un-clear (e.g., Bellard et al., 2012; Thomas et al., 2004; Urban, 2015). For example, a recent analysis estimated that relatively few
  7. theconversation.com

    Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever lived, over 99.9%, are extinct.
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