Evacuate Earth ~ Hell on Earth

Today on Far Future Horizon we present another horrific scenario a primordial black hole impacts the Earth unleashing “Hell on Earth”. 

Volcanoes ~ The Furnaces of Life

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the acclaimed documentary series How the Universe Works ~  The Furnaces of Life.

This instalment will  explore how volcanoes shaped our planet’s history and may have had a major role in the origin of life on our planet and perhaps elsewhere in the universe.

Supervolcanoes

Today on Far Future Horizons we will focus our attention on perhaps the least understood and the most destructive natural phenomena on Earth – Supervolcanoes.

Map of all Known Supervolcanoes

Only a handful exist in the world but, when one erupts it will be unlike any volcano we have ever witnessed. The explosion will be heard around the world. The sky will darken, black rain will fall, and the Earth will be plunged into the equivalent of a nuclear winter.

The Day the Earth Nearly Died

Today we live in a world teeming with life but, some two hundred and fifty million years ago that nearly change and life on earth was very nearly wiped out.

Yellowstone Eruption

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore a very explosive question: What would happen if the"mega-volcano" underneath Yellowstone National Park erupted?

The world's largest, most active volcano system exists in the western United States. Some six hundred and fifty thousand years ago, the Yellowstone Volcano erupted. Lava and pyroclastic flows covered three thousand square miles with an ash layer some three feet thick.

Stone Age Apocalypse

Human evolution is believed to have begun some six million years ago. Yet, despite the passage of so much time, the diversity of the DNA genetic code of all humans is minute.

Some Seventy-five thousand years ago, something apocalyptic occurred that left relative few humans alive to carry on the species.

The cause of this bottleneck is now believed to have been a massive volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

A super-eruption from the site of Lake Toba in Sumatra blasted out more than two hundred cubic miles of ash over an area of over a million square miles.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present two documentary features concerning this prehistoric mega disaster: Naked Science - Stone Age Apocalypse and PBS NOVA’s Mystery of the Megavolcano.

Worst Days on Planet Earth

Today on Far Future Horizons we look at some of the worst days that have plagued our planet during its 4.54 billion years in another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series The Universe.

Earth may seem like the most hospitable planet in the solar system. But look again. Startling new discoveries reveal the blue planet has been plagued by more chaos and destruction than scientists once imagined. 

Supervolcano: The Motion Picture

Doomsday Supervolcano 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present  the motion picture Supervolcano a science docufiction disaster  film that originally aired on March 13^th,  2005 on BBC One and on April 10^th, 2005 on the Discovery Channel.

The film’s central premise is based on the potential eruption of the volcanic caldera of Yellowstone National Park. Its tagline is "Scientists know it as the deadliest volcano on Earth. You know it...as Yellowstone."

The End of the World?

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” 
~ Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Today on Far Future Horizons we join host Dallas Campbell as he delves into the Horizon archive sto find out how scientists have tried to predict the end of the world, from natural disasters to killer diseases and asteroid impact. 

Prehistoric Megastorms ~ Volcanic Winter

Volcanic Winter following the eruption of Toba

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series Prehistoric Megastorms.

This installment of Prehistoric Megastorms explores the question of whether or not the human species nearly became extinct some 75,000 due to the eruption of a supervolcano at the site of present day Lake Toba  on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

Preventing Armageddon

Sooner or later without warning the human species will face a natural calamity which will threaten our existence. 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another episode of the acclaimed  National Geographic documentary series Naked Science which explores the technologies that will ensure the long term survival of the human species and prevent Armageddon.

  

Possible Earth Doomsday Scenarios with David Darling on Coast to Coast Radio

Doomsday Asteroid

 

Today on Far Future Horizons we are happy to present a recent interview George Noory did on December 6^th, 2012 with Astronomer and best selling author David Darling on Coast to Coast Radio concerning various Doomsday Scenarios and existential threats.

David Darling is a British astronomer, with a PhD from the University of Manchester and is the author of several dozen science books. His website The Internet Encyclopedia of Science is one of the most visited sites on the Internet for information about life and intelligence in the universe.