Earths Collapse "Imminent"

[Yopaz]

Geez, that article really just looked like a scare tactic thing to me. If we reduce the population and minimize our material goods the effects might be minimized. A planetary shift wont be as bad because we lower the population? Where is the logic?

I'm no expert on the subject, but it seems like just another doomsday theory and I honestly got my money on us all dying at the end of the year so I can't really back away from that.

 

[geK0]

It's true! Haven't you seen the documentary "2012"?

 

[PromethianSpark]

As someone who's been studying geography for 5 years now and who keeps up to date with actual, properly sourced research, as opposed to unsubstantiated fearmongering sensationalism, I'm afraid I have to call bollocks on the entirety of that *snicker* article.

Are you referring to the linked article you just read or the actual research in question. As far as I know there is no link to the research. So unless you did a literature search for an article that is probably forthcoming, read it, reasonably challenged its methodology and findings, all for a brief post on this forum, I don't buy your opinion much either.

P.S. You could also specialise in human geography for all I kno

 

[ActionDan]

Nothing that the earth does concerning it's own biology atmosphere etc happens SUDDENLY. It would happen over hundreds of thousands if not millions of years. the Ice Age didn't JUST happen out of nowhere.

 

[Aprilgold]

Isn't the Yellowstone Caldera theorized to blow sometime soon? That would do the trick I think.

Not "Soon" more like "Any Time" is better. Watched someone from Yellowstne talk about it, their not sure if or when it will explode. All they know is that its overdue for a explosion, doesn't mean it has to explode, just when it does whatever is on the North American continent, below and above it are completely fucked. By completely fucked I'm talking we all die in America of either Loss of Food, Suffocation or the actual Lava from it and that is shortly after the explosion, what happens next is days of the Ash heading for Europe and other countries where everyone and everything becomes buried in Ash making the Air unbreathable like in America and thus the door closes on Human kind because of one fucking volcano.

To tie up. Essentially, Yellowstone is just overdue for a explosion and no one knows when shes going to blow. But when she does everything will pretty much die of suffocation because of all the heavy ash causing us all to not drop dead instantly but gasp at non-existent air.

Seriously, fuck you Yellowstone researchers for telling me this earlier.

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Probably ain't going to happen to their extent. We kill eachother more then the Earth kills us so were probably going to live through it.

 

[PromethianSpark]

Nothing that the earth does concerning it's own biology atmosphere etc happens SUDDENLY. It would happen over hundreds of thousands if not millions of years. the Ice Age didn't JUST happen out of nowhere.

Despite some of the sensational language, it isn't actually suggested that it will happen suddenly. Only that it is practically unstoppable

 

[Sonicron]

As someone who's been studying geography for 5 years now and who keeps up to date with actual, properly sourced research, as opposed to unsubstantiated fearmongering sensationalism, I'm afraid I have to call bollocks on the entirety of that *snicker* article.

Are you referring to the linked article you just read or the actual research in question. As far as I know there is no link to the research. So unless you did a literature search for an article that is probably forthcoming, read it, reasonably challenged its methodology and findings, all for a brief post on this forum, I don't buy your opinion much either.

That's the beauty of the internet - you don't have to believe me in any way, and I don't have to give a damn about whether you believe me or not! After all, your lack of faith in my opinion doesn't change the fact I know it to be true.

P.S. You could also specialise in human geography for all I kno

I do indeed. Doesn't prevent me from paying attention in lectures and seminars on physical geography, however.

 

[Pinkamena]

That article managed to say very little using a lot of words! How about telling us exactly HOW we will cause this shift in the biosphere?

 

[Dags90]

A lot of "we're doooooomed" without any real information. Or, more likely, any properly made up information.

I have some hard evidence I think you'll find hard to disagree with.

Spoiler

 

[Casual Shinji]

So the last shift was 12.000 years ago?

In that case, we survived it once we'll survive it again. My bold curiosity has been peaked.

I'm more nervous about Yellowstone.

 

[Hamish Durie]

In light of this recent news I'm going to hug a panda

 

[Montezuma's Lawyer]

If it had any reliability, it wouldnt be on some shitty website.

 

[PromethianSpark]

That's the beauty of the internet - you don't have to believe me in any way, and I don't have to give a damn about whether you believe me or not! After all, your lack of faith in my opinion doesn't change the fact I know it to be true.

P.S. You could also specialise in human geography for all I kno

I do indeed. Doesn't prevent me from paying attention in lectures and seminars on physical geography, however.

Your confident assertion that you know something to be true is not becoming of an academic, particularly of a social scientist. I am not getting at the social sciences as I myself am a post-graduate sociology student, and I have a lot of respect for human geography. What I am saying though, is that you hearing things in a few lectures is not quite the same claim to truth as someone on the forefront of research. I am not saying that what they say is true either, just that their claim to truth is better.

 

[Guffe]

An ice age you say?

BRING IT ON, I hate Summer and Spring.

We here in Finland already survived one so why not another?
Don't mess with us mother nature!

 

[maxturbo211]

AND THUS, BARRENS CHAT WAS SUNDERED IN TWAIN

 

[Ragsnstitches]

Starts reading the topic;

Scientists...

Stopped reading.

Tried searching the page for links other then ads, couldn't find any.

Seems like a bogus tabloid job to me.

Also:

At least these options are described by the scientists as a "very tall order" and not as impossible as the collapse of Earth.

Either thats a typo, or they just said that earths collapse is impossible.

 

[Wintermoot]

I skimmed it a bit but it mentioned something about oil drilling
so that means Cthulu is going to take over the world?
although I honestly doubt this is true there are bigger planets and those aren't collapsing.

 

[Zulnam]

Just once I'd like to hear an article saying scientists are PREVENTING a doomsday scenario instead of announcing one.

But i guess talking about how things are bad and pointing fingers is easier than creating a machine that turns garbage into oxygen or something.
Those damn scientists! *points finger*

 

[Sonicron]

That's the beauty of the internet - you don't have to believe me in any way, and I don't have to give a damn about whether you believe me or not! After all, your lack of faith in my opinion doesn't change the fact I know it to be true.

P.S. You could also specialise in human geography for all I kno

I do indeed. Doesn't prevent me from paying attention in lectures and seminars on physical geography, however.

Your confident assertion that you know something to be true is not becoming of an academic, particularly of a social scientist. I am not getting at the social sciences as I myself am a post-graduate sociology student, and I have a lot of respect for human geography. What I am saying though, is that you hearing things in a few lectures is not quite the same claim to truth as someone on the forefront of research. I am not saying that what they say is true either, just that their claim to truth is better.

And yet I insist on calling bollocks. I may not be a field researcher, but I do keep up with current research, and since all of our lectures are kept up-to-date as well I reserve the right to call bullcrap on an article that provides no sources whatsoever and blows the admittedly very real problems of our fair planet ridiculously out of proportion. And no, their claim to truth is in no way, shape or form better than mine - everyone could call themselves a researcher, and I don't see a lick of proof for high-quality fieldwork either.

 

[Meatspinner]

So... is this some sort of a rapture thing for non-religious people. Cuz it sure is vague enough