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  2. Climate apocalypse - Wikipedia

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    A climate apocalypse is a term used to denote a predicted scenario involving the global collapse of human civilization due to climate change. Such collapse could theoretically arrive through a set of interrelated concurrent factors such as famine, extreme weather , war and conflict, and disease. [ 1 ]

  3. Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction - Wikipedia

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    The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astronomical, an impact event; destructive, nuclear holocaust or resource depletion; medical, a pandemic, whether natural or human-caused; end time, such as the Last Judgment, Second Coming or Ragnarök; or any other scenario in which the outcome is apocalyptic, such as a ...

  4. Apocalypse - Wikipedia

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    "Apocalypse" has come to be used popularly as a synonym for catastrophe, but the Greek word apokálypsis, from which it is derived, means a revelation. [13] It has been defined by John J Collins as "a genre of revelatory literature with a narrative framework, in which a revelation is mediated by an otherworldly being to a human recipient, disclosing a transcendent reality which is both ...

  5. Nuclear holocaust - Wikipedia

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    Mushroom cloud from the 1954 explosion of Castle Bravo, the largest nuclear weapon detonated by the U.S.. A nuclear holocaust, also known as a nuclear apocalypse, nuclear annihilation, nuclear armageddon, or atomic holocaust, is a theoretical scenario where the mass detonation of nuclear weapons causes widespread destruction and radioactive fallout, with global consequences.

  6. List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia

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    Belief in the apocalypse is most prevalent in people with lower levels of education, lower household incomes, and those under the age of 35. [9] [10] In the United Kingdom in 2015, 23% of the general public believed the apocalypse was likely to occur in their lifetime, compared to 10% of experts from the Global Challenges Foundation.

  7. Fact check: Post on Nostradamus prediction and CDC ... - AOL

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    The claim: Nostradamus predicted there would be a zombie apocalypse in 2021 and the CDC is giving advice on how to prepare for it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided ...

  8. Destructive 'weather apocalypse' causes chaos, knocks out ...

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    Many have joked about 2020 ushering in the end of times based on how the year has unfolded. Recent photos and videos emerging from Russia had some suggesting that a frozen apocalypse might already ...

  9. Destructive 'weather apocalypse' causes chaos, knocks out ...

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    Recent photos and videos emerging from Russia had some suggesting that a frozen apocalypse might already be underway. A storm of freezing rain and gusty winds spewed an inch of frozen ...