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the 10 most serious threats to humanity that can lead to its death
At the beginning of the month, the Global Challenges Foundation published its first report on the most serious threats that human civilization may face in the future.
It includes both existing threats and potential ones.
Researchers want humanity to think and do something to correct the situation, since there is still time to find possible ways to solve problems.
Many of the threats mentioned in our list are the result of technological and life circumstances, while others have existed since the formation of our planet and the appearance of humanity.
10. Environmental disasters
Environmental disasters
Scientists have long warned that many species of animals and plants are disappearing.
Our way of life and the way of life of animals depend on a complex ecosystem, and if species begin to disappear, it becomes a catalyst for irreversible processes that will negatively affect us in the future and already in the present.
Even environmental disasters limited by the territory have general planetary consequences.
9. The death of the global system
The death of the global system
We are talking about the collapse of the global economic and political systems as a result of making wrong decisions in these areas, the depletion of the Earth's resource base and military conflicts.
If this happens in one corner of the Earth, the consequences will affect the rest of the planet.
Researchers claim the threat of totalitarianism, which can become a real threat today.
8. Super Volcano
Super Volcano
In the history of mankind, there have been large scale volcanic eruptions that have caused environmental and anthropogenic disasters.
The eruption of Vesuvius led to the death of the city of Pompeii and its inhabitants.
3000 years ago, the Minoan civilization died as a result of a volcanic eruption.
A super volcano will be able to emit so much ash into the atmosphere that climate change will begin on Earth, as a result of a nuclear explosion.
The chance that this can happen is 0.0001%.
7. Global pandemic
Global pandemic
In recent years, people have become increasingly concerned about the cause of the death of humanity as a result of global epidemics.
This is evidenced by the large number of deaths from avian flu, which began in Asia and spread around the world quite quickly.
It is also worth remembering about SARS in 2003.
Paradoxically, technological progress, in particular the global transport system, has caused the rapid spread of diseases around the world and the death of millions of people.
If people cannot cope with such infectious diseases, the world's population will sharply decrease.
This is potentially possible, since the researchers give a 0.0001% chance.
6. The fall of an asteroid
Asteroid fall
One of the versions of the death of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is the impact of a large asteroid on the earth.
The researchers claim that an asteroid with a diameter of up to 5 km on average falls to Earth every 20 million years.
As a result of such a catastrophe, countries will die, political and economic systems will be destabilized, the climate will change and it will be impossible to survive.
Researchers give such a development of events a chance of 0.00013%.
5. Nuclear War
Nuclear war
There are military bases around the world where nuclear missile systems are installed, and this is despite the fact that countries are trying to reduce its number on the planet.
The tension between the United States and Russia in Eastern Europe in recent years has been exacerbated by the crisis taking place on the territory of Ukraine, and this convinces that a nuclear war is more real than it was before.
If one person presses the button, then the world is doomed.
Those who survive as a result of the attack will not survive in the ecological situation that has developed after a nuclear strike.
The chance of starting a nuclear war is 0.01%.
4. Drastic climate changes
Drastic climate changes
Over the past decades, the climate has experienced dramatic changes, and researchers consider them one of the most serious threats to humanity.
International conferences on these issues are held all over the world, where many governments discuss threats and ways out of such a situation, but they do not fulfill everything they say.
If climate change occurs, it will lead to famine, droughts, mass migrations of people, an increase in the level of the world's oceans, as a result of which many territories will become uninhabited.
The consequences of climate change will have a particularly acute impact on the lives of poor States.
The chance of such a development of events is estimated at 0.01% and it can happen over the next 200 years.
3. Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology
Since man has learned to produce pathogenic microorganisms that enter the environment, there is a risk that this can play a cruel joke with humanity and destroy it and ecosystems.
Terrorists are particularly concerned about the use of biological weapons.
Genetic engineering will lead to mutations and to the inability of our body to fight pathogenic microorganisms.
The chance of such events developing is 0.01%.
2. Unknown reasons
Unknown reasons
We cannot know everything, and researchers suggest that events may occur that will cause the death of humanity.
Perhaps it will be an attack of an alien civilization, perhaps the experiments of scientists that will lead to the death of civilization.
For example, the impact of aerosols on the environment was not previously known to people, but today everyone is aware of it.
In the future, unknown events may occur today that will destroy humanity and even the planet.
The chance of developing such a situation is estimated by researchers at 0.1%.
1. Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
The creation of complex robots and computers is undoubtedly of great importance for the progress of mankind, but it can also lead to a conflict between artificial intelligence and humans.
While a person controls robots, but everything can change.
There are military robots that can regenerate and feed using all the materials that are around.
Such cyborgs can really threaten the life of civilization, since they have the highest degree of survival.
The chances are very high – from 0 to 10%.
Yes, there are robots, simple vacuum cleaners, and they are already attacking the owners.
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