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The catastrophe, when it comes, will be beautiful at first. It is a balmy evening in late September 2012. Ever since the sun set, the dimming skies over London have been alive with fire.
Pillars of incandescent green writhe like gigantic serpents across the skies.
Sheets of orange race across the horizon during the most spectacular display of the aurora borealis seen in southern England for 153 years.The catastrophe, when it comes, will be beautiful at first. It is a balmy evening in... more
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What happens when the world runs out of oil? It's a frightening phenomenon and unfortunately not a bit fictional.
Directors of the new eco-documentary A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (which has just been released in the UK) talk about the making of the movie that has been compared to Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and got tongues waggling across the globe...
What happens when the world runs out of oil? It's a frightening phenomenon and... more
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Worried about melting ice caps and encroaching oceans? Take a nod from Noah and ride out the deluge in a floating home. In the Netherlands, where a quarter of the land is below sea level, the Dutch know that keeping your carpets above high tide requires three basic things: a buoyant foundation, flexible utility pipes, and a leash to tether the house to its property line. Beyond that, houseboats can be just as ambitious as any earthbound structure. Here's a look at our favorite modern-day arks.
Piet Boon House (above)
Noorderplassen, Netherlands
Designer: Piet Boon/De Peyler
This three-story home uses a heat pump to pull warmth from icy canals. How's that? Glycol-filled coils below the foundation tap the relative warmth of flowing water — even at 32 degrees, it's often warmer than the winter air. The glycol then undergoes heat-intensifying compression before warming the bungalow's underfloor radiant heating system.Worried about melting ice caps and encroaching oceans? Take a nod from Noah and ride... more
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How many ways can the world end? We can think of at least five.
But before we get into detail, let's dismiss two things that won't cause the demise of the planet.
Global warming is bad for people who live in low-lying coastal areas and at the edges of deserts, but the truth is that Earth been much warmer throughout most of the past 500 million years, and life did just fine.
On the other side of things, a new ice age would end most human habitation of Canada, northern Europe, the northern U.S. and Russia, but the tropics would stay about the same — and there'd be a lot more land to go around in south Florida as sea levels dropped.
Since we're currently in the second half of an interglacial period, it's a pretty safe bet that the glaciers will indeed advance again within the next 10,000 years.
But at any given time, four of the five following scenarios really could cause the end of life on Earth — and the fifth almost certainly will.How many ways can the world end? We can think of at least five.
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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.A devastating collision with another planet, a supervolcano that killed 60 per cent of... more
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Aton Edwards professionally trains civilians how to prepare for disaster, both natural and man-made: earthquakes, terrorist attacks, you name it. He's created a list of items you'll need in the event of an emergency. Here are the top ten.Aton Edwards professionally trains civilians how to prepare for disaster, both natural... more
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There's a new bogeyman lurking in the closet, and this one isn't imaginary. Us. One out of three children aged 6 to 11 fears that Ma Earth won't exist when they grow up, while more than half—56 percent—worry that the planet will be a blasted heath (or at least a very unpleasant place to live), according to a new survey.
Commissioned by Habitat Heroes and conducted by Opinion Research, the telephone survey polled a national sample of 500 American preteens—250 males and 250 females.
On a sliding scale of anxieties, minority kids have it worst; 75 percent of black children and 65 percent of Hispanic children believe that the planet will be irrevocably damaged by the time they reach adulthood.
Interestingly enough, kids vex over the state of the planet, especially when it came to safe and clean air and water, regardless of any pro-environmental measures on the part of their parents. A staggering 95 percent of the children surveyed said their parents pitched in by recycling, using rechargeable batteries, and conserving water and electricity.
"We commissioned the survey as a result of my own childrens' experiences with the recent fires in Australia as they expressed much concern for both their safety and the planet’s,” said Sharon Lowe, founder of Habitat Heroes, in a press release. “While it is upsetting to hear how many children in the United States have expressed similar concerns, I am more committed than ever to help educate children around the globe in a way that is not scary to them.”
Other interesting findings
50 percent say that hurricanes and tornadoes are the natural disasters that scare them the most.
28 percent say that they fear animals, such as polar bears and penguins, will become extinct and disappear from the planet more than any other environmental concern.
Girls worry more
67 percent of girls ages 9-11 versus 60 percent of boys ages 9-11 worry that the earth won’t be as good a place to live when they're adults.
57% of girls ages 6-8 versus 43 percent of boys ages 6-8 worry that the earth won’t be as good a place to live when they're adults.
Urban kids are more anxious than suburban kids
59 percent of kids in metro areas are more concerned that the Earth won’t be as good a place to live when they grow up compared to non-metro kids (47 percent).There's a new bogeyman lurking in the closet, and this one isn't imaginary.... more
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We found out recently that if you try to leave a little kid in a graveyard late at night, he'll freak out. Even if you offer to leave him a gun to protect himself. Why? It's because on some instinctual level, all humans know it's just a matter of time until the zombies show up.
Our culture is full of tales of the undead walking the Earth, from our religions to our comic books. But, some sort of zombie apocalypse isn't actually possible, right?
Right?
Guys?
Actually, yes. It's quite possible. Here's five ways it could happen, according to science. We found out recently that if you try to leave a little kid in a graveyard late at... more
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Are we on track to suffering the same fate as the Mayans? Could the economic collapse and climate change, over population, weak leadership and ecological disaster consign us to doom? These are all believed to play an important role in the collapse of the Mayan civilization, arguably one of histories greatest. Are we next?Are we on track to suffering the same fate as the Mayans? Could the economic collapse... more
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The Church of the SubGenius has announced that the end of the world will take place on Sunday, July 5, 2009. In preparation for the fulfillment of this doomsday prophecy, the Church is requesting that all of its members participate in a bizarre religious ceremony taking place in upstate New York, during the final weekend before the arrival of the apocalypse.
Church founder J.R. "Bob" Dobbs has predicted that a fleet of flying saucers will arrive at the beginning of July to destroy the worldwide Conspiracy against the Church of the SubGenius, while all ordained SubGenius ministers will be rescued by escape vessels piloted by the Alien Sex Goddesses, also known as the Xists.The Church of the SubGenius has announced that the end of the world will take place on... more
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The world will end in 2012 - or so say thousands in the Netherlands preparing for the apocalypse in four years, the Dutch-language newspaper de Volkskrant reported Tuesday...The world will end in 2012 - or so say thousands in the Netherlands preparing for the... more
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Economic ruin, climate change, war—the apocalypse can’t be far off, right? Movies tell us that to survive the end of days we need “to sit in desirable country mansions, eat tinned tomatoes, develop post-traumatic psychosis and shoot each other,” Tanya Gold writes in the Guardian, noting that such a tactic "never works.” Instead, Gold learns how to navigate Armageddon herself.
Gold tears out a pheasant’s guts (“I now have bloodlust”), learns how many calories are in a worm (40), and gets survival advice from a psychologist (“Trust no one”). Her conclusion: Head for Canada, where fewer nuclear reactors means less radioactive waste. “Canada may be your only hope of salvation,” she writes. “And that is as fitting an obituary for our civilization as I can type.”Economic ruin, climate change, war—the apocalypse can’t be far off, right?... more
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ABC News repots:
"Survival groups around the world are gearing up and counting down to a mysterious date that has been anticipated for thousands of years: Dec. 21, 2012."
Across the United States, Canada and throughout Europe, apocalyptic sects and individuals say that is the day that the world as we know it will end, ABCnews.com reports.
I highly doubt this will happen, humans will be the only thing to destroy this worldABC News repots:
"Survival groups around the world are gearing up and counting... more
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The Large Hadron Collider (aka the Big Bang Machine) at CERN has been switched on and, counter to some doomsday predictions, we are still alive. Here are 10 other dates in history when apocalyptic predictions failed to come true:
Oct 3 1533 - Michael Stifel, a German associate of Martin Luther, urged his small band of followers to sell all their property after becoming convinced by his mathematical study of the Bible that the end of the world was approaching. On the appointed day he led his followers to the top of a hill so they could be delivered to heaven. A few hours later, with the world very much intact, he hurried down the hill and had to be locked in a local prison for his own protection.
Oct 22 1844 - Millerites, followers of the American Baptist preacher William Miller, became convinced that the end of the world had been predicted in Daniel 8:14. After a few false dawns, the date was set as Oct 22 1844. That day is now known, for obvious reasons, as the Great Disappointment. Most Millerites subsequently rejected their faith.
1914 – Jehovah’s Witnesses have now stopped predicting exact dates for the end of the world after a string of high-profile failures. Charles Taze Russell, who founded the Watch Tower magazine, calculated that Jesus Christ would impose his rule on earth in 1914. The outbreak of the First World War seemed to lend support to his Armageddon prediction, but there was no Second Coming.
1969 – Charles Manson believed that simmering racial tensions in the US would erupt into an Apocalyptic race war, after which his band of criminals – the “Manson Family” – would rule the world. When no race war erupted, his gang began a killing spree to “show the blacks how to do it”. Manson is currently serving life for murder.
1980s – The US evangelist Hal Lindsey believed that Armageddon would follow the expansion of the EU into a 10 country United States of Europe ruled by the Antichrist. He never set a date for the end of the world but hinted that a final battle between good and evil was imminent. He still broadcasts his biblical prophecies on evangelist networks.
Sept 11-13 1988 - Former Nasa engineer Edgar Whisenant sold 4.5 million copies of his book 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Could Be in 1988, mostly to evangelical US Christians. Follow-up works, which revised the prediction for dates in the 1990s, failed to sell as well.
1993 - David Koresh and more than 100 followers barricaded themselves into the Branch Davidian ranch in Waco, Texas, to await the end of the world. They were surrounded by the FBI in a 51-day siege that was only ended by a fire that killed 76 of those inside, including Koresh.
Match 1997 – Members of UFO cult Heaven's Gate believed that the appearance of the Hale-Bopp comet signaled that the Earth was due for imminent destruction. The only way to “survive” the end of the world was to commit suicide so their souls could board a spaceship travelling behind the comet. The bodies of 38 devotees were found in a house in California on March 26.
Jan 1 2000 – Dozens of Christian cults predicted the turn of the millennium would coincide with the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the world. Concerns that the Y2K computer bug would collapse computer systems stoked an atmosphere of impending doom. But, as ever, life went on as normal. Carlos Roa, the Argentine goalkeeper who declined to negotiate a new contract at his Spanish club because he was convinced the world would end, returned later in the season.
May 2008 – Thirty-five members of a cult called the True Russian Orthodox Church spent six months in a cave in anticipation of the apocalypse predicted by their leader Pyotr Kuznetsov. They began to emerge from their makeshift underground home after the roof began to collapse in March. Kuznetsov, who never accompanied his followers into the cave, has been ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment by a Russian court.
The Large Hadron Collider (aka the Big Bang Machine) at CERN has been switched on and,... more
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According to many serious and downright sensible people, the world is facing a huge crisis. In 4 years it's all going to go belly up. The mystical Mayans foretold that there would be no need for anymore dates after the 21st of December 2012 due to the fact that we would all be puffs of smoke, enjoying ourselves in the astral. So, we have roughly 1,500 days left to make the most of things, paint a master piece, tie up loose ends, get married maybe...or even divorced. Basically, all the things you wished you'd have done if we explode in a religious-mumbo-jumbo-techno-fireball. So who's spreading these rumours and how serious should we heed these prophecies? If it's all true, what would you do? Lets meet a few of the people who'll be spared, scared, prepared or just ......nuts? Presented my myself (child of synchronicity and lover of life) and we will discover, in 8 critically informative and fun packed minutes what's about to happen and if it does, what to do...According to many serious and downright sensible people, the world is facing a huge... more
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Glenn Beck and guests discuss the impending apocalypse.
From SuperNews! an animated sketch comedy series airing on Current TV every Friday night at 10 PM ET/PT.
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For more SuperNews! go to www.current.com/supernewsGlenn Beck and guests discuss the impending apocalypse.
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By 2015, global warming related disasters will affect nearly 400 million people every year according to Oxfam.
Scientists have long argued that the increase in global temperatures has lead to an increase in severe weather events like hurricane Katrina and this coupled with events like rising sea levels as a result of melting polar ice caps means an increase in coastal flooding as well.
Oxfam argue that this is not now a distant possibility and could cause devastation a lot sooner than we think with the worlds poor baring the brunt.
Looking forward to swimming to work?By 2015, global warming related disasters will affect nearly 400 million people every... more
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