Science fiction and scientific researchers scared us doomsday more than once. Other doomsday scenarios are intended only to frighten small children who eat bad taste in the mornings.
Well, we are a little scientists, at least we have logic and sober thinking, so we will try to draw the real prospects of our planet. Thus, we will figure out whether the popular 10 versions of the end of the world could be realized, or if we’ve always gotten “noodles on our ears”.
10. Solar disaster
And again, our great scientists miscalculated, focusing on the famous Mayan calendar. According to him, the inconceivable cosmic outburst of our huge Star or the release of gases from it were intended to absorb the planet in a matter of minutes. All of humanity was supposed to die from high temperatures in 2012. I remember that the excitement was significant - they discussed the end of the world on TV, and then they were happy with a happy look that it had “carried through”. Or maybe it was just another PR move, so that people buy dubious bunkers, beg for paid indulgences from priests and stock up on long-stored food, and what if it helps to survive on an incinerated planet?
9. Alien Invasion
Already this option seems more real, despite all the fantastic. Herbert Wells in his famous work “War of the Worlds” gave a good account of the invasion of the “green men”, which caused panic among his followers. Everyone was unanimously afraid of the evil inhabitants of Mars, despite the fact that confirmation of the existence of any sensible life forms there was not found. The UFO mass emergencies, accidents of mysterious objects on the planet, etc. also mislead people. And periodically, scientists “catch” some absurd babble from space, which can be a hindrance or reflection of sound in the redirection process. Do not believe anyone's word - the facts must be there!
8. The Third World War
The possibility of a large-scale conflict of our time, and even with the use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons has dominated countries since the Second World War. For more than 50 years, there has been no crisis of nuclear exchanges, and many countries are abandoning such weapons, supporting humane values. However, unfortunately, it is from this version of the destruction of most of the planet that we are not immune. Scientists predict that the Third World War can cover two or more continents, involving several dozen countries in political feuds and demonstrations of technology. According to the opinions of sociologists and political scientists, the first precursors of the Third World War are already celebrated, for example, military operations in Iraq.
7. Planet Nibiru
And again we are led by the nose, like little children. The famous writer in the late 60s came up with the remote planet Nibiru, which every 3700 years in a special orbit crosses the inner orbits of other planets of the solar system. Followers even believe that Nibiru is a brown dwarf star, so to speak, the sister of the Sun. According to forum users and bloggers, an unthinkable clash with the Earth should happen in our century, which will be the end for the whole civilization.
6. Global warming
Scientists and geologists around the world are humming the mantra that critical climate change is coming. Like, ozone holes, radiation and other problems will lead to global warming and the greenhouse effect, which will force huge glaciers to melt, burying everything living underneath. In contrast, other scientists say that over the past decade, the world has just “cooled down” a little, and the average temperature has dropped. It is not known who to believe, since a person has not yet noticed any tangible changes. And how the processes really go, we hope that the great minds of the planet will come up with effective reaction methods in advance.
5. Pandemic
In fact, this version of the end of the world is even more likely than you think. Exactly a century ago, a pandemic of Spanish flu unfolded on the planet, which led to the infection of about 550 million people (almost a third of the population). At the same time, over 1.5 years of the disease’s deployment, approximately 50-100 million (up to 5.3%) of the world's inhabitants died. The active work of scientists with viruses, mutating cells and genetic material makes us think, and what if something goes out of control in one of the laboratories? Suddenly, a deadly virus spreads outside test tubes and buildings, massively infecting people who do not have immunity to it?
4. Galactic impact of planets
Almost every year we hear an “old song” about a meteorite, an asteroid or other cosmic body crashing into our Earth. The news reached its climax in December 2012, when on the eve of the New Year, scientists decided to spoil the holiday for people by proclaiming a possible end of the world. According to their calculations, on December 21 a unique Parade of Planets was to take place, which takes place once every 26 thousand years. The event is really amazing, our ancestors were even afraid of it, because the risk that the planets will leave their orbits and a massive collision supposedly increases. But, as we see, no particular mysticism happened, and we successfully celebrated another routine year of our happy life.
3. The offset of the magnetic poles
Many world physicists appeal to this topic because of the annual change in the field of the Earth’s magnetic poles. According to them, significant processes can affect the process of revolution of the planet around the axis and the Sun, which will cause catastrophic events. According to the research of the ancient Egyptians and the Mayan tribe, the last time the magnetic poles migrated about 780 thousand years ago. And some modern scientists believe that during the period of the pole change, the magnetic field temporarily disappears for a couple of hundred / thousand years. Of course, this will not cause the mass death of mankind, but the Internet (like other communications) will disappear sharply. Violations of biorhythms, the work of the cardiovascular system, central nervous system, and the brain are also possible.
2. The oil crisis
With such forecasts, Gazprom employees, as well as eastern and Arab princes, should grab at the heart. Analysts estimate that in just 2 years, oil demand will sharply exceed supply. Some esotericists managed to relate this again to the end of the Mayan calendar (but after all, any document has a beginning and an end, why is it mystical?). According to forecasts, a shortage of oil will lead to the destruction of the economies of states, against the background of which social and political unrest can erupt, and after them military conflicts.
1. Eruption of a Super Volcano
The active large volcanoes in Africa, America, etc. still hold in fear. True, they have nothing to do with the fictional supervolcano. Yes, if they erupt, cities with millionaires will have a hard time - the real Pompeii will happen. But while volcanologists keep their finger on the pulse, the population in the surrounding areas is not at risk. If the imaginary supervolcano is found and awakened, then it will sharply raise the level of magma in the crust of the globe, provoking tons of debris and toxic fumes. The result of the eruption is nuclear winter and the subsequent ice age, which humanity can plague. While the probability of the existence of "horror stories" tends to zero.
Once again, we advise our readers to keep the “ears on the top” and double-check the facts. In magazines, online publications and on TV, they can throw us the most unthinkable ideas and even generously sprinkle them with pseudo-numbers and statistics. Only study data from research and scientific studies that are officially published.