- Book:
The End of the World - The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction
 - by Prof. John Leslie. The first comprehensive survey of potential
catastrophes speculated upon by scientists, from comet and
asteroid impacts to nuclear or chemical warfare, from ozone
layer destruction to overpopulation and poisoning of the
environment or the risk of disaster through genetic engineering.
Also covers philosophy and ethics. 1996
- Beyond
the Holocaust - Survival or Extinction? - Subtitled
"A survival manual for humanity", this online book attempts
to summarise problems threatening humanity's very survival,
their causes and possible solutions to them.
- Human
Beings - And How They Became Extinct - A look at a number
of ways that the human species might meet its end over the
next number of decades.
- Infertility
- "The cumulative effects of radiation-caused infertility
raise the possibility of gradual human extinction."
- Remarks
on the Doomsday Argument - Are we underestimating the
likelihood of human extinction in the next few decades?
This is the position put forward by the philosophical Carter-Leslie
doomsday argument. Highly philosophical and statistical.
- X
stands for eXtinction - A prominent physician warns
that we could go the way of the dinosaurs if we don't face
up to the threat of killer viruses. [Salon magazine - interview
with author of "Virus X - Tracking the new Killer Plagues"]
(March, 1997)
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