Die. Panic. Everybody. Or something... *yawn*

Sensationalistic yellow journalism at its worst:

Are we living in the last century of our civilization? Is it possible that all of our technology, knowledge and wealth cannot save us from ourselves? Could our society actually be heading towards collapse?

According to many of the world's top scientists, the answer is yes, unless we take action now.

This September, in Earth 2100, a dramatic ABC News 2-hour broadcast, the greatest minds across the globe will join together in a countdown to the year 2100 to tell us what we must do to survive the next century … And what may happen if we don't.

::eyeroll::

Congratulations, ABC News... you just descended below the level of the National Inquirer. How pathetic.

The time to act is now, says Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute.

The "greatest minds across the globe"? That's a laugh. Peter Gleick is a misanthropic nutcase who is convinced the world is running out of water. I have to wonder if anyone has pointed out to him that his "institute" is named after the largest body of liquid H₂0 in the known universe.