2012 The end of the world?

The sea levels would rise quite a lot because of the ice sheets on land (Canada, Greenland and parts of the poles).

 

When I say quite a lot, I mean about 3-4 feet. The main problem with the Ice melting though is that it would lower the temperature of the sea resulting in the next ice age.

 

From where i used to volunteer, it was near the beach... 10-20 years ago, the beach was like very wide and far from the coconut trees, but now, the coconut trees are floating around and the water is now just a few meters to the houses... i think that is because of ice cap melting... or maybe its also because of erosions...

 

@Loony - I always thought that if the glaciers melt, it would cause a worldwide flood. Thanks for clarifying that. But I didn't realize that those glaciers are on water so just like you said nothing would change even if they melt, maybe it's volume related, oh I'm not really good at these kind of things

 

stick some ice in a glass of water, when it melts it will still be same level, its called displacement.
as for the world ending in 2012? bollocks!
how did a group of people 1000s of years ago with no technology get to know more than we know?

 

i can't wait for this day!

it'll be another y2k event! remember that one?!

 

I'm just hoping you don't think it's the Mayans that came up with the world ending on 2012.

-sighs- It was supposed to be just the thirteenth anniversary of creation, and then some dumbass decided to make it the end of the world. Oh dear...

 

+1

 

totally agreed, beside the end of the world can't be predicted

 

Except when a rocky planet the size of Jupiter is hurling at us. Maybe.

 

LOL

 

It's not going to happen and if it does, we can retrace and follw Joh Cusack's Footsteps in his movie, 2012, Ill provide ya'll the SURVIVAL GUIDE, just read under PLOT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_(film)

 

Isn't it possible the guy went "Why the heck am I writing so far into the future today? I'll finish up tomorrow. *gets killed by Hernan Cortez*"???

That said, Volcanos ARE overdue, the sun IS overdue for extra activity. Will it be the end of us? Possibly the end of earth as we currently know it, as the extream amounts of reconfiguration of Earth the volcano will cause, the polar ice caps will continue to reccede, and possibly ignite if conditions permit (permafrost layers closer to the earth contain high amounts of methane gas *HIGHLY FLAMABLE*)

In short: will earth be the same? Soon, No.
Will it end, Probably not, unless Scientists create a method of accelerating an object near C, creating a black hole... Seem more likely to me. That or aliens. Either scenario is more likely then the spontaneous disappearance of the Earth (even considering the Stochastic Ooze effect)

 

According to the movie 2012, we will be destroyed by earthquakes, right? not by ice caps melting? Mostly by giant Tsunamis.

 

If this is true, which it certainly isnt, would'nt there be some form of panic by now. The earth has about five billion more years untill the sun becomes a red giant and engulfs it.

 

in 2012, A certain president will be expiring his mandate right? maybe he will toughen his policies in the war on terror in that year and certain counties in the world will be toughing their on hold and use nuclear weapons, thus ending the world...

 

i dont think it will happen or it is very unlikely

 

Solar flares occur usually occur in a predictable cycle. Estimates place a peak in solar activity around the end of 2012. Volcanos have a similar story, and much of the fuss over areas like yellowstone is the evidence of terraforming left from the last eruption. Areas of land stretching through Canada, and much of the northern half of the US can be traced to the yellowstone volcano, as not just the magma is a cause for problems. Substantial seismic activity occurs during the eruption of a "super volcano" 3-5 offshore "super volcanos" are also estimated to be triggered into eruption once seismic activity from yellowstone reaches them.

That being said, the volcano could also erupt on a much smaller scale. The above describes a worst-case situation.