Seven Ways In Which The World Could End
The film industry has routinely envisioned
apocalyptic ending to humanity’s stint on Earth. Be it the Mayans or Hollywood
movies, it is easy to ignore these prophecies but Doomsday could just be the
next date in your calendar. Are we in danger of being wiped from the face of
Earth? Here are seven ways in which the human race could face extinction-- Asteroids
Impact
What wiped out
the dinosaurs could be our end too. The space is full of trillions of chunks of
rocks many of which fall into the earth’s atmosphere but are too small to cause
an impact. But if an asteroid big enough to wipe a civilization comes passing
by and is not detected beforehand, it would be impossible to nuke the
apocalypse of planet Earth.- Solar Storm
The sun is
always shooting charged particles through the space resulting in merely light
shows like the Northern Lights. But a major sun storm could result in
catastrophic fires on the Earth’s surface setting blaze the entire human
society.- Planet
Pinball
Billions of
planets exist in the universe orbiting their respective suns in definite orbit.
Being unaware of the movement of most of the planets we can’t anticipate the
coinciding of Earth’s orbit with some other planet in the distant space. Such a
planet could literally cross paths with earth resulting in a doomsday
collision.- Nuclear
War
With nine
countries equipped with nuclear warheads the biggest threat to humanity lies in
the very hands of humans. With a very large scale of destruction nuclear
weapons hold the capability to wipe a major section of the human population and
plunging the world in a nuclear winter.- (Super)Volcanic
Eruption
No wonder
volcanoes the worshiped as gods for the hold the power to create as well as
destroy. Power of a volcano is way out of our control and can be highly fatal
to the human race for a super volcano can wipe out an entire continent in a
single explosion and cover the entire Earth in a fatal ash cloud.- Biological
Warfare
Weaponized in
the form aerosol or cloud a toxin, like Anthrax, could take out large portions
of a population in an easy and swift manner. A well-engineered disease once
introduced in an environment could spread like a wild fire and cripple an
entire nation.- Artificial
Black Hole
Recent
experiments on dark matter and the raw power of some reactions have led to
belief that a black hole can be engineered accidentally or intentionally in a
lab. When the LHC was turned on it led to speculations that it could give birth
to a black hole that would consume the Earth.
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