I am not American, and I don't live in America. I am, therefore, not affected by the American propaganda machine.
Yes, scientist do work hard not to exaggerate. Howvever, in the UK, alarm amongst scientists in now so high that they're forgoing their normal caution and are now speaking about global collapse.
QUOTE: According to a 2020 study published in Scientific Reports, if deforestation and resource consumption continue at current rates, they could culminate in a "catastrophic collapse in human population" and possibly "an irreversible collapse of our civilization" in the next 20 to 40 years. According to the most optimistic scenario provided by the study, the chances that human civilization survives are smaller than 10%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_extinction#:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2108146119
