2012 Is The End Of The World?

SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that 3 yearsfrom now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it'll be humans that would set it off. Others believethat a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folksare saying it'll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are some likely arguments as to why the world would end bythe year 2012.

Reason one: Mayan calendar
The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, abloodthirsty race that were good at two things -- building highly accurate astrological equipment outof stone and sacrificing virgins. Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of thelunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the earth will end on December 21, 2012.Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the endof the world right as well.

Reason two: Sunstorms
Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made astartling discovery. Our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic andit's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombardingthe earth with lot of radiation energy. It's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity ispredicted to get worse and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peaksometime in 2012.

Reason three: The atomsmasher
Scientists in Europe have been building the world's largest particleaccelerator. Basically, its a 27 km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick.However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turnit on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when thismachine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-denseblob the size of a basketball.

Reason four: The Bible says it
If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn't badenough, religious folks are getting in on the act as well. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date forArmageddon, the final battle between good an evil, has been set for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese Book ofChanges, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hinduteachings.

Reason five: Supervolcano
Yellowstone National Park in United States is famous for its thermalsprings and old faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple -- it'ssitting on top of the world's biggest volcano and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 yearsor so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill theatmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the earth into afrozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily,and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang. all going to die, very soon. They are also saying that their predictioncomes with a certainty of 99 per cent; and 2012 just happens to bethe best guess as to when it occurs.

Reason seven: Earth'smagnetic field
We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that shieldsus from most of the sun's radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call North and South have anasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so -- and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists havenoted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30 kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to apole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is under way, the magnetic field is disrupted and willeventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin inseconds, killing everything it touches.