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10 disasters that could end the world...
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3-24-2008 2:09 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d9708408-1170-4306-bd0d-8c58cc907cb0/BE0CEF63-CE43-46F2-9CE6-5B8AE8724C7B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html" href="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.botw.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.botw.org/img/A0816B05-62B0-480C-A537-F1527AB3369E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">End of the World: 10 Disasters that could end it all at any given second.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><STRONG>1. Particle Accelerators</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html">Physicists have long theorized that particle accelerators could destroy the earth. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><STRONG>2. Rogue Black Holes</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.botw.org/img/5CE91DFB-4515-4C2E-B4EB-4363D1FDE675" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html">Although the concept of black holes was conceived in 1915 by <A href="http://botw.org/top/Science/Physics/History/People/Einstein,_Albert/">Einstein </A>(some may argue earlier) they were not accepted as fact until Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose proved their existence in 1970.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>3. Gamma-Ray Burst</STRONG></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><embed src=" http://www.youtube.com/v/6L0I2O0f6Zk&rel=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>4. Omega Point</STRONG></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html">This term describes the ultimate maximum level of complexity-consciousness. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.botw.org/img/3ABBE635-BCC7-4E52-B53D-4977806DCD8B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>5. Bubble Nucleation</STRONG></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html">According to the leading cosmological model the universe began as a false vacuum of empty space filled with energy. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HBUPknArdYE&rel=1 " height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><STRONG>6. Divine Intervention</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html">As with all end of the world theories it's impossible to know if divine intervention is a feasible end of the world scenario. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.botw.org/img/835EF145-6DD0-493F-B125-B1A6EDE1E840" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>7. Solar Activity (Super-Flares and Decreased Activity)</STRONG></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>8. Aliens Attack The Earth</STRONG></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.botw.org/img/F397602C-6BC5-4538-AEE7-A6F45CB6E677" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><STRONG>9. <A href="http://botw.org/top/Society/Issues/War_and_Conflict/">Global War</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.botw.org/img/ECDA1C8F-1FA9-4A9F-AD8B-FEE539FC417C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>10. Ecosystem Collapse</STRONG></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html">biodiversity is vanishing. At least 30,000 new species become extinct each year,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.botw.org/articles/endworld.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.botw.org/img/0D55F411-F715-40B3-B391-F51954DC93AF" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BE0CEF63-CE43-46F2-9CE6-5B8AE8724C7B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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