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DOOMSDAY

9 REASONS FOR THE

WORLDS END
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 CLIMATE CHANGE
make extreme weather more severe
increase droughts in some areas
change the distribution of animals and diseases across the
globe
cause low-lying areas of the planet to be submerged in the
wake of rising sea levels.
The cascade of changes could lead to political instability, severe
drought, famine, ecosystem collapse and other changes that
make Earth a decidedly inhospitable place to live.

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ASTEROID IMPACT

Scientists are legitimately worried

that a space rock could wipe out
Earth.
The extinction of Dinosaurs,
Tunguska-Siberian event in 1908
astronomers only know about a
fraction of thespace rocks lurking in
the solar system.
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PANDEMIC THREAT

SARS (severe acute respiratory

syndrome),bird flu.
MERS(a coronavirus originated in
Saudi Arabia.)
Recent Ebola outbreak in 2014
highly interconnected, global
economy, a deadly disease could
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FUNGI ATTACKS

"We've had a new amphibian

fungal disease that has just
had devastating effects"
(David Wake, curator at the Museum of
Vertebrate Zoology at the University of
California, Berkeley.)

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ENGINEERED DISEASES

engineered deadly diseases could

inadvertently escape from a lab or be
intentionally released, leading to a global
pandemic.
Biological warfare

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NUCLEAR WARFARE

Most reliable threat

North Korea, Iran, USA,
Russia
World War III

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ROBOT ASCENSION

killing machines are not far from reality.

computer scientists thinkthe
singularity is near.
a lot can go wrong when there are
hyperintelligent robots armed with
lethal weapons running around.

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OVERPOPULATION

Thomas Malthus predicted that

population growth would cause
mass starvation and overtax the
planet. (18th Century)
7 billion population and still
increasing
Health facilities are higher hence
the death rate is low
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SNOWBALL EFFECT

most scientists think a snowball effect of multiple events is

more likely.

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POST APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE

Books, movies, TV series

A subgenre of science
fiction, science fantasy
Making the public awareness
in a more effective way

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 Day after tomorrow (2004 movie)
Terminator Movie series
Jericho (2006 TV series)
THE 100 (2014 TV series)
Aftermath(2016 TV series)
The last ship (2014 TV series)
Planet of the Apes
Contagion
Divergent Series
2012: Ice age
Mad max
World war Z
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THANK
YOU!

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