Apocolypse Now: The 5 Biggest Threats to Humanity

                                              Published byPrabu Mani

 

      Apocalyptic fear has always been pervasive in films, books and even the popular media. But after all that panic over the ‘millennium bug’ in 2000 and the end of the world in 2012, we’ve coasted into 2014 without any major catastrophe befalling us and so far the headlines on impending doom are thin on the ground. But does that mean we’re safe? Does it mean that we, humanity, will live to see 2020? 2050?

Sir Martin Reese, a former president of the British Royal Society and the Queen’s current Astronomer Royal, is of the opinion that there is a 50% chance that humanity will cease to exist by the end of the century. While the hysteria of 21st December 2012 was based on superstition and myth, it’s true that several scientists and environmental experts believe that humanity is facing some grave threats that may push us over the brink into endangerment or extinction like so many of our fellow mammals – or at least into a time of gigantic change and upheaval. 

     According to some experts, earth can only provide food for 10 billion people at most, And and only if the entire world decided to turn vegetarian! There simply isn’t enough fresh water in the world to produce crop to sustain more than 10 billion people, let alone enough meat. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, though. We’ve compiled information on 5 of the biggest known threats humanity is facing. Scary stuff, but we’ll try to find some silver linings. Keep calm and carry on…......      FULL STORY