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Lord Rees On The Future of Humanity: From Climate Change to Space Travel

Lord Martin Rees

25 mins watch time

Posted December 2019

Conference Video, Science

This century is special. it’s the first in 45 million centuries of Earth’s history where the main threats come not from nature but from one species: us. Astronomer Royal and former President of the Royal Society Lord Martin Rees scans the horizon and reveals what the twenty-first century has in store for Spaceship Earth — from climate change to genetic engineering, explosive population growth to space travel.