Apocalypse how? Revealing the next catastrophic threat to our world
source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1088342/Apocalypse-Revealing-catastrophic-thr...
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A devastating collision with another planet, a supervolcano that killed 60 per cent of the world's population and a 25million-year Ice Age. Our world has faced many catastrophes... so what's coming next?
Earth has been subjected to some apocalyptic events in its 4.5billion-year history. Volcanoes, meteors, fire and ice have almost obliterated all life and threatened the very existence of the planet itself.
Now, a new Channel 4 programme, Catastrophe, looks at the science behind the destruction and reveals the threat our planet could still be under.
‘What I find extraordinary about this series is that it’s all new stuff,’ says presenter Tony Robinson. ‘For instance, it wasn’t until we started looking at the rocks brought back from the Apollo moon landings that we realised that the Earth and the moon were actually made from the same fabric.
Earth has been subjected to some apocalyptic events in its 4.5billion-year history. Volcanoes, meteors, fire and ice have almost obliterated all life and threatened the very existence of the planet itself.
Now, a new Channel 4 programme, Catastrophe, looks at the science behind the destruction and reveals the threat our planet could still be under.
‘What I find extraordinary about this series is that it’s all new stuff,’ says presenter Tony Robinson. ‘For instance, it wasn’t until we started looking at the rocks brought back from the Apollo moon landings that we realised that the Earth and the moon were actually made from the same fabric.
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purplefox
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Is Channel 4 trying to boost the UK economy by depressing its viewers into mad, no-tomorrow panic-buying through the fear of imminent apocalypse?
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