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[Sohu Science News] According to a report by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), what will life be like in the next century of human civilization? Can our technology, knowledge, and wealth save us? Will human society truly collapse? According to many top scientists around the world, the answer is affirmative, unless we start taking action now. In September this year, ABC News will broadcast a two-hour documentary titled "Earth 2100," featuring vivid insights from the world's greatest minds. In this documentary, they will count down from the year 2100 and tell us what we need to do to survive into the next century. At the same time, they will warn us of the consequences if we fail to act. Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, stated, "This century will determine whether humanity survives or perishes, and whether we are a sustainable species. As the population continues to grow and our resource consumption increases, I believe we are getting closer to the brink of extinction." Experts warn that extreme climate changes, coupled with resource depletion, frequent famines, wars, and diseases, have the potential to create a "post-apocalyptic" world within the next 100 years. John Holdren, a climate scientist from Harvard University, noted, "We cannot continue on the same path. If we continue living as we have, we will see more floods, more droughts, more heatwaves, more forest fires, more ice melting, and faster sea-level rise. We must begin correcting our lifestyles within the next ten years. If we delay further, by 2015, I believe it will be almost impossible to prevent the world from being affected by climate change, and without unbearable expenses, we will not be able to manage the planet." To avoid this terrifying future, we must start imagining it. In this unprecedented era of rapid technological advancement, ABC is inviting people from all over the world to bring this future into their lives. The company is asking you to use your imagination to create short videos depicting life in the next century. By utilizing forecasts from top experts, participants will be able to simply illustrate the global environmental conditions in 2015, 2050, 2070, and 2100. They also want you to depict the various dangers unfolding before your eyes.These short videos obtained online will be combined with the plans of top scientists, historians and economists to generate a powerful online description of the dangers we face in the future. They will select the most attractive reports to make the main content of the "Earth 2100" documentary. (Yuan Yuan)