21-09-2017 18:38 via denver.cbslocal.com

Global Extinction Event Coming In 2100, MIT Professor Says

CBS Local — Will the human race live to see the next century on Earth? According to a mathematician at MIT, the next extinction-level event for the planet may begin as early as the year 2100.
Professor Daniel Rothman has published a formula in the journal Science Advances that looks at the planet’s carbon cycle. According to Rothman, the massive amounts of CO2 emissions produced around the world are in line with previous mass extinction events in the planet’s history.
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