Apocalypse on reality

After proving that there is no end date on December 21, 2012, NASA offers five scenarios that may occur in practice, but may only last for several billion years.

December 21 has passed without any occurrence that threatens the survival of mankind. 1,000 years ago, the Mayans had predicted that on December 21, the sun, the earth and the center of the Milky Way would be aligned for the first time in 26,000 years, ending the fifth era of the sun. Although this calculation is completely accurate, but doom does not happen, but in the future may take place according to other perspectives.

Assassin asteroid

The constant threat in astronomers' mind is the extreme impact of meteorites, asteroids or even comets. Most paleontologists have concluded that an asteroid more than 14 km across has crashed into what is now the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula, starting the extinction of the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. According to NASA's Near-Earth Objects Program, it is possible that an asteroid of nearly 1 km in diameter will attack the Earth every 100,000 years. And every century there are meteorites with a diameter of 50 m visiting the green planet. Such interstellar "accidents" can cause acid rain to destroy crops everywhere, as well as create thick dust that prevents sunlight from reaching the surface of the earth.

Sun storm

Solar storms can immediately knock down electricity networks across the globe. The sun operates over a period of 11 years, and when it reaches its peak, it emits 'coronary material eruptions', simply speaking, large air bubbles create electromagnetic discharges, may harm our tightly connected electronic systems. According to NASA, a massive electromagnetic storm can hit the earth within minutes, causing widespread power outages, causing 130 million people affected in the US alone, and losses of up to thousands. billion USD. The worst scenario is that telecommunications communication is stalled, traffic, trade is cut off and food supplies are interrupted. It is expected that the period of solar storm activity is strongest from 2012 to 2014.

Super volcano

Super volcano nightmare always haunts mankind - (Photo: AFP)

Not all doomed disasters come from space. One of the scientific obsessions is the super volcanoes sleeping peacefully in the ground. In addition to the immediate devastating ability, super volcanoes can spew out sulfur, CO ₂ and ash to change the entire climate, threaten the food chain and can lead to the mass die of human beings and countless other creatures. The most recent volcanic eruption was in Taupo in New Zealand, about 26,000 years ago. And the worst eruption happened in Indonesia 74,000 years ago. Geologists have traced the trail of more than a dozen super volcanoes in the world, including a "hung god" located under Yellow Stone National Park in Wyoming state (USA).

Disease

In the past century, the world has witnessed four major flu pandemics, and the World Health Organization says humanity will soon face another kind of deadly virus. A few years ago, swine flu caused the world to spend trillions of dollars to stop it. Avian flu, or hand, foot and mouth disease has created waves of global uncertainty, showing how weak 'economies' are before a new strain of virus.

The climate changes

2010 is the hottest year since temperatures were recorded since 1880, with global temperatures rising by 0.62 degrees Celsius compared to the average level in the 20th century, making the climate extremely unstable and causing storms. , flood or drought.

As temperatures rise, food becomes scarce, air quality deteriorates and disease spreads. According to estimates by the International Strategic Research Institute, up to 65 countries lost more than 15% of agricultural production by 2100. The World Health Organization warned at least 150,000 people were killed because of natural disasters related to climate change every year.