doomsday scenarios
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We’re Not Prepared for Contamination Between Worlds
The year is 2034.
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit Earth at a Particularly Bad Time
The dino-killing asteroid smashed into an unfortunate spot and at the deadliest possible angle, and as a group of scientists have now concluded, it also struck Earth at a sensitive time of year — at least for animals living in the northern hemisphere.
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We’re Worried About the Wrong Volcanoes
New research identifies several clusters of relatively small volcanoes that, should they erupt, would ravage critical infrastructure and the global economy.
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An Ancient Supervolcano May Have Zapped the Ozone Layer, Exposing Early Humans to Intense Sunburns
The Toba super-eruption of some 74,000 years ago has long intrigued scientists, who remain uncertain about how the event affected humans living at the time. Now, a team of researchers suggest that the real damage from Toba came from on high, in the form of a depleted ozone layer induced by a massive release of…