Global Ecology

The following Top Five Threats Facing Humanity are ranked based on their probability of occurring combined with the level of impact they can or will have if and when they occur. In every case, it most certainly is not a question or if, but when and how.

Like a splash of ice-cold water, humans had to start adapting to the harsh ecological realities of COVID-19. “The world gives us our reality,” says Dr. James de Jarnette. “We cannot completely shut ourselves from the rest of the world and go merrily along because the environment doesn’t work that way.” So, naturally, humans are forced to adapt.

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was an acclaimed American ornithologist, naturalist, writer and artist. His extensive work illustrating American birds culminated in his color-plate book The Birds of America , containing 435 life-sized watercolors of North American birds.