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    Global Catastrophe - possible causes and events

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    some possible causes of Global Catastrophe - see link

    no one should panic - it's not likely to happen in our lifetime - although possible - but one of these events will prolly happen sometime in the distant future of the universe


    A gigantic asteroid could collide with the Earth and destroy our planet or much of it

    Planetary or Interstellar Collision - scientists say there is a 1% chance that the planet Mercury's orbit could be made unstable by Jupiter's gravitational pull and that it possibly could collide with Earth

    The Sun - a powerful solar flare, solar superstorm or solar micronova could cause a drastic increase or decrease in the Sun's power and could have severe consequences for life on Earth

    Uninhabitable Universe - the expansion of spacetime could cause the destruction of all matter in a Big Rip scenario - I don't really understand this one at all

    Extraterrestial Invasion - intelligent alien life if it exists could invade Earth and destroy it or enslave humans or exploit the planet's resources

    Natural Pandemic - viruses and diseases caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria - similar to and worse than smallpox, bubonic plague and Covid

    Natural Climate Change - such as an ice age

    Super Volcano - the eruption of a super volcano could lead to a volcanic winter similar to a nuclear winter - human extinction is possible

    Nuclear War or Chemical warfare






    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global...ophe_scenarios


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    Last I heard, the Yellowstone caldera is overdue for an eruption, which would pretty much destroy the US.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Last I heard, the Yellowstone caldera is overdue for an eruption, which would pretty much destroy the US.
    yes, from Wiki:

    "in October 2017 research indicated that Yellowstone's magma reservoir can reach eruptive capacity and trigger a super eruption within just decades, not centuries as volcanologists had originally thought"

    the article also indicates that Nasa devised a plan for cooling the magna chamber by circulating water at high pressure. their plan would only cost about $3.46 billion - chump change for the Feds. but the plan was never put into place because one of the brains at the Jet Propulsion Lab stated that the plan itself could trigger an eruption if the top of the chamber is drilled into.




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