END OF THE WORLD
With greater media coverage, we are all becoming increasingly aware of the extraordinarily destructive power of natural disasters.
Fortunately for most, the television or newspaper is as close as we will get to these life-threatening events.
But is it possible for a disaster to terrorise the whole planet? Could a super volcano kill people on the other side of the planet? Is the destructive force of a mega-tsunami or a cataclysmic earthquake enough to rock the world? What would happen if a giant asteroid hit Earth? And is climate change actually taking place?
A guide to global catastrophes
Geohazards expert Bill McGuire (author of A guide to the end of the world and Surviving Armageddon) explores why he believes past global catastrophes point to a disastrous future. Natural events on an unprecedented scale could bring humanity to its knees, so what is being done to help us survive Armageddon?
Giant asteroid impact
Collision with an asteroid 1-1.5 kilometres in diameter could result in the deaths of a quarter of the world's population.
Volcanic super-eruption
Following the Toba super-eruption 74,000 years ago, the world would have been held in the grip of volcanic winter for at least six years.
Catastrophic earthquake
The next great Tokyo earthquake is expected to cause damage totalling at least $7 trillion and may trigger a global economic collapse.
Mega-tsunami
When the volcano on La Palma (Canary Islands) collapses into the sea, the coastal cities of the eastern USA will be battered by tsunamis up to 50 metres high.
Global warming
By the end of this century the Earth is predicted to be hotter than at any time in the past 150,000 years. What is happening? What are the solutions?
Global cooling
Just 600 human generations have passed since the end of the last Ice Age. And the planet might well be primed for a return to full ice age conditions sooner than we think.
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