THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

Is life on earth coming to an end ? Are we going to perish in the same manner as the prehistoric forms of life on earth did ? Is it an inherent character of the cosmic plan to construct and sustain something for a period of time and ultimately destroy it during its process of reinvention and reconstruction? Does the process of transformation have to begin with an apocalyptic effect ?

Can't say.But the recent trends according to the experts,lend credence to such conclusion.

The experts base their doomsday prophesy on the following phenomenon :

• Magnetic Pole Shift : The earth's magnetic pole shifts every few hundred thousand years and sometime even reverses. It is a natural phenomenon well beyond our control.It is bound to shift significantly again and that too in the near future as per the experts.The results of this phenomenon can be catastrophic to say the least.Say for example,Antarctica shifts to the equator.The result would be the rise in ocean levels due to melting of ice which in turn, would sink all the coastal regions and cities like Mumbai,New York,etc.,beneath the ocean waters.

• Meteor Strike : This is another natural phenomenon completely beyond our control which is a constant threat.It has been happening and is bound to happen again in the near future.Meteors are huge masses of rocks some of which are thousands of times bigger than than the earth,which float freely in the universe.They travel at great speed and ram into anything that comes in their way thus causing devastation of unimaginable proportions.They have repeatedly struck the earth before and wiped out its entire prehistoric life including the dinosaurs and have often come very close to striking the earth in the recent past but changed their course at the last instant. The feeling that they are estimated to do so and that too in the near future,is agonizing but unfortunately true.

• Yellowstone Park Super Volcano : One of the largest super volcanoes on this planet rests beneath the Yellowstone Park.Its eruption cycle is of about 6,00,000 years and is long overdue.The impact of the current eruption estimated to be in the near future,is said to be 2,500 times of the devastating St.Helena blast of 1980 which when occurs,would throw ash up to 20 miles into the atmosphere lowering global temperatures significantly and plunging us all into a volcanic winter.

• Global Warming And The Beginning Of The New Ice Age : Sounds contradictory,doesn't it ? Unfortunately, it is true in the very literal sense of the word.Global warming if unchecked,has the potential to significantly alter important ocean currents which to a great degree regulate the earth's temperature.The changes in the atmosphere and ocean currents will result in devastating storms, hurricanes,tornadoes,etc.,some of which is fast becoming apparent in form of increasingly violent weather.The ultimate result would be such great extremities in temperature that they will be equivalent to conditions in the ice age.

Thus we see that of the above mentioned four doom trends, three are well beyond our control but global warming is a monster of our creation and can be easily controlled.Ironically,we are laying the foundation of our own destruction by not taking the issue seriously.