Answer:
However many possible scenarios of anthropogenic extinction have been proposed; such as human global nuclear annihilation, biological warfare or the release of a pandemic-causing agent, overpopulation, ecological collapse, and climate change.
Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing /an idea is given human attributes.
Here instead of "you will pay the price", the author says "your lives will pay the price", using personification.
i would have to say it is C
