civilization collapse

how can civilisation collapse? that implies it had risen. where are the signs of rising? - iraq invasion? - exxon valdez crash? - enron? - bernie madoff? - goldman sachs? - monsanto? - haliburton / kbr? - nagasaki / hiroshima? - vietnam / napalm?

Agweek - publishes a cover story about stem rust - Ug99 and the race to find a cure.

A 'time bomb' for world wheat crop - Los Angeles Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/14/science/sci-wheat-rust14 Wikipedia entry on Stem Rust: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_rust