Will Humans Destroy the Planet?
Channel: Daily Insight
Date: 31/01/2020

The so-called Doomsday Clock has been moved even closer to midnight. It’s now only 100 seconds away, the closest it has ever been in the hypothetical clock’s 73-year history. Even during the most tense periods of the Cold War, the closest the clock ever came to midnight was two minutes. So why now are we even closer than that? What has changed in 2020? Will humans destroy the planet? Short answer… No. If you’re talking about the actual physical earth and rock below us, then nothing short of the Death Star would come even close. But when people ask this question, they’re typically not referring to the physical metal and rock that is Earth, but rather the animals and plants that live here. So we should probably change the question to, “Will humans destroy all life on the planet?”. Short answer… No. Even in the most apocalyptic of scenarios, there will almost always be pockets of life that survive. The Earth has endured a lot. It has experienced at least five major ice ages with at least some species of animal and plant adapting and surviving. Some species even thrived in these environments. Life is very resilient and won’t be wiped out that easily. Even when the Earth was struck with a large comet or meteor 65 million years ago, despite an estimated 75% of species being destroyed, life marched on. But none of this is to say that humanity won’t destroy itself.

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