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Apocalypse:

No margin for error



Polar ice sheets are melting at an unprecedented rate

Evgeny Ubiyko, a military engineer has invented a time capsule to survive the 2012 Armageddon. According to the Mayan calendar the Earth will suffer cataclysmic events. Floods, eruptions and earthquakes will annihilate the whole human race.

Other scenarios include collision with a celestial object – known as Nibiru or black hole or the arrival of the next solar maximum – a period of intensified solar activity. Scientists spurn these apocalyptic theories claiming that they contradict simple astronomical observations.

Come to think of it the world is faced with natural disasters more frequently. Polar ice sheets, expected to be a major contributor to projected sea level rises, are melting at an unprecedented rate. In fact according to WWF the rise is expected to top one metre by 2100.

If Green House Gas emission is not kept in heck, it is warned that the global temperature will rise by four degrees within the century, resulting in devastating consequences. Two degrees is considered ‘safe’, with no margin for error. Although four degrees may not seem much, it is the global mean.

Temperature variations in some areas may range from 10 to 15! This may have devastating impacts on eco-systems. On the other hand a sea level rise of just two metres, which is expected to happen by the turn of the century, could displace 2.5 percent of the world’s population. Was this what the Mayans predicted? Are we really headed for Armageddon? Only time will tell.

- Sajitha

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