Possible Events of 2012

The date of December 21, 2012 has engrained itself into the culture of today. There are many who believe an event or events will happen around or on this date. These beliefs vary from cataclysmic to biblical but what might happen in 2012? This article will delve into some widely, and not so widely, known possibilities. There are four widely held belief sets of what might happen. These beliefs are summed up as the end of the world, the end of modern civilization, evolution and nothing.

by Virginia "Tentickles" Nicholson

The End of the World

The complete destruction of all life or nearly all life on the planet Earth is considered the end of the world. Here are a few, end of the world, possibilities.

Cosmic Occurrence

NASA defines a solar flare as, “a sudden, rapid, and intense variation in brightness… Radiation is emitted across virtually the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves at the long wavelength end, through optical emission to x-rays and gamma rays at the short wavelength end.” The sheer destructiveness of this event is described as, “[the] equivalent of millions of 100-megaton hydrogen bombs exploding at the same time!” Such an event from our Sun would destroy the surface of the Earth. The radiation alone would reach miles into the crust of the planet, effectively rendering the Earth a lifeless hunk of rock.

Planet X, Nibiru

Astrologists are on the lookout for large objects headed for the Earth, one of these many objects is named “Planet X” or “Nibiru.” Nibiru is ancient Sumerian that literally means "Planet of the Crossing." It is said that Nibiru will be a rogue planet. A rogue planet is defined as, “an object which has equivalent mass to a planet and is not gravitationally bound to any star, and that therefore moves through space as an independent object.” If an object of this size were to collide with Earth large chunks of the planet will not survive. There is even the possibility that Earth will be knocked off its orbit and become a rogue planet itself.

Super Plague

In the past, microorganisms and viruses have ravaged the planet’s inhabitants killing up to 95% of all animal life. In recent times there have been waves of sickness killing a large amount of life forms, the 1918 Spanish flu and bubonic plague when relating to humans. With the rise of science and microbiology there are fears scientists could create the ultimate plague. These fears come from the ability to take genes from one virus and put it into another creating an entirely new virus. If an angry scientist decides to create this “ultimate plague” it would not be very hard to get it into the population.

Super Volcano

There are 25 Super Volcanoes on the Earth. Super volcanoes are, “substantially larger than any volcano in historic times.” A single super volcano can kill up to 60% of the planet’s life forms. This includes plant life. The most dangerous of these super volcanoes are known as calderas. Calderas are, “cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption.” These dangerous formations are so large they can cover half the United States in 4 feet of ash during one eruption. It is thought cosmic stresses on the planet will cause more than one super volcano, or even all of them, to erupt at the same time, killing everything on the surface of the planet.

The End of Modern Civilization

The disruption of the global community, trade and interconnectedness; Extreme regression of modern society to past living conditions and past technology; Regression of persons into “survival mode,” is the many faced definition of the end of modern civilization.

Economic Collapse

There are many ways a complete economic collapse can happen. How society will react to economic collapse is extremely important. Society might not be equipped to handle such an event. It could break down into lawlessness and crime to such a great degree that law keeping bodies cannot contain the violence.

Climate Change

Climate change can be any change in regular weather patterns in a region or the entire planet. Climate changes are occurring all over the world and because of these changes societies around the globe are being affected. What these changes effect can cause civilization to collapse. Right after oxygen, food and water are the most important things to any living organism. If a drought were to destroy a major portion of the crops across the entire Earth, food prices would sky rocket leading to riots and violence. The hungry would be put into “survival mode” where surviving is more important than laws and morals.

Nuclear War

Like a bad 1980s apocalypse movie, a nuclear war can cause the breakdown of society. Nuclear war would destroy most major cities; contaminate the planet with radiation and burn out electronics with their EMP blasts. The survivors of such a war would be left to pick up the pieces and try to survive on a new harsher planet.

Evolution of Humanity

Any event or series of events that result in the betterment of humanity as a whole is evolution of humanity.

Revolution

Some believe that the increasing mistakes of those in power will cause the population of nations to rise up and defend their way of life. Most notably the citizens of the United States have begun to rebel against the policies of the politicians.

Brain Expansion

Humans only use 10% of our brains. Some believe our minds will expand to infinite heights, allowing the populous of the Earth to fix the wrongs of humanity and further science and the arts.

Aliens

Aliens will make first contact publicly and share their technology with humanity, allowing humans to explore the cosmos and fix our wrongs.

Astral Beings

Angels will descend from Heaven to bring humanity into God’s Kingdom.

Nothing

Of course the entire 2012 hype might just be that, hype but the world won’t know until December 2012 if anything of great magnitude will happen

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Ron Paul is elected POTUS in 2012! =)