Top-10 options for the end of the world

How many times they told the world that the end of it is close! The last time was a fateful day, October 21, 2011, which, fortunately, went without much shock.

Now the general attention is directed to another date - December 21, 2012.On this day the ancient Maya planned the end of everything. Scientists, science fiction writers and ordinary people actively propose their own versions of events that could lead to disaster. We also offer you to evaluate Top-10 end-of-life variants .That's only seriously not to be frightened, because in the past 10 years, predicted 17 apocalypse, none of which, fortunately, never took place.

10. Depletion of natural resources.

Someone sees the threat of extinction in a meager supply of oil, someone is frightened by the food crisis. Scientists draw a sad picture - the collapse of states, chaos, the reign of anarchy and the general famine. I am glad that this situation certainly does not have time to develop by December this year.

9. War.

People come up with more and more sophisticated weapons to destroy their own kind. According to some end-of-the-world options, the nuclear war will lead us to death, mention also chemical, genetic and biological weapons.

8. Natural cataclysms on the Earth.

Most often there are earthquakes that can result in either a giant tsunami or a cloud of dust that will cover the sun for hundreds of years and lead to a significant drop in temperatures. It is believed that in the history of the Earth 5 times to 95% of living creatures died out as a result of natural disasters.

7. Splash of solar activity.

In 1859, telegraphs in Europe and North America were burned because of the solar superstorm. The intensity of solar radiation is constantly changing, so it is difficult to predict its behavior. Here scientists are afraid of this version of the end of the world, and the directors shoot films about the end of the world , where the Sun is often blamed for the apocalypse.

6. Aliens.

This option appeals to those who firmly believe: we are not alone in the universe. Militant highly developed civilizations will certainly want, if not exterminate, then significantly reduce the number of mankind. No less horror is caused by extraterrestrial viruses, capable of ruining the entire population of the Earth.

5. Compression of the Universe.

Scientists believe that our universe is continuously expanding from the very day of its creation. Nobody really knows when this process will stop, and what happens next. Pessimists predict that the universe will eventually shrink to the point from which it once emerged. It is clear that such a prospect does not promise us anything positive.

4. Inversion of the Earth's magnetic field.

The change of the South and North poles of the planet is a rare phenomenon. It seems that the last time the Earth experienced such a 780 thousand years ago. How such a process will affect the human body, the state of the earth's crust and atmosphere, no one can judge.

3. The Black Hole.

Scientists believe that in our galaxy there are 10 million black holes of different sizes. The monstrous gravity of a black hole can cause a lot of trouble, so for the end of the world it's just enough for our planet to be close to this mysterious space object.

2. "Cosmic rays".

At the time of the death of a star, deadly gamma radiation is emitted into space. If a cosmic catastrophe happens near the solar system, then the rays can easily destroy the earth's atmosphere and everything that is on the surface of the planet.

1. Collision with a space object.

The most popular version of the end of the world assumes the death of the Earth from the fall of a meteorite, collision with a comet and even with another galaxy. Scientists around the world are seriously proposing to create a line of defense designed to shoot down every cosmic body that threatens to crash into our planet.