A survey of scientists found that extreme weather events, food insecurity, and freshwater shortages might create global collapse.

科学家的一项调查发现，极端天气事件、粮食不安全以及淡水短缺可能会导致全球崩溃。

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With the current footprint of humanity, "it seems that global collapse is certain to happen in some form, possibly within a decade, certainly within this century," Johnson said in an email.

约翰逊在一封电子邮件中说，以目前人类的足迹来看，“似乎全球崩溃肯定会以某种形式发生，可能在未来10年内，但肯定在本世纪内。”

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Hundreds of scientists, writers and academics sounded a warning to humanity in an open letter published last December: Policymakers and the rest of us must engage openly with the risk of global collapse.

在去年12月发表的一封公开信中，数百名科学家、作家和学者向人类发出了警告：政策制定者和我们其他人必须公开应对全球崩溃的风险。

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At a similar gathering last year, members of the so-called G20 set of advanced economies agreed on emergency spending to stem a global crisis brought on by the collapse of U.S.investment bank Lehman Brothers in late 2008.

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New York Stock Exchange composite trading, though they still remain below their pre-MF Global collapse level.

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It was devastated by earthquakes and by the global collapse of commodity prices, particularly coffee's.

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News cycles aside, the enduring legacy of the MF Global collapse will play out on two larger fronts that speak to both public policy and investor perception.

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