Extinction Level Events | Article and Information Repository

The following entry serves as a comprehensive listing of articles and information pertaining to the subject of mass extinction. {Updated on a Regular Basis}

11.10.2013 Extinction Level Events | Definition and Historical Assessment GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC RISK 3.11.2005 Global Catastrophic Risk | Definition and Historical Significance ASTEROID IMPACTS/ NEAR EARTH OBJECT COLLISIONS 7.23.2002 Impact Events | Classification and Significance 4.22.2014 Asteroid Impacts More Powerful Than Nuclear Explosive Detonations | VIDEO SIMULATION GAMMA-RAY BURSTS 4.12.2002 Gamma-Ray Burst | Scientific Assignation and Significance 12.11.2014 Deadly Gamma-Ray Burst Could Trigger a Mass Extinction Event on the Earth NUCLEAR CATACLYSM 2.20.2010 Comprehensive Listing of Nuclear Disasters and Incidences of Radioactive Contamination FUKUSHIMA 4.4.2011 In an Attempt to Manage the Large Amounts of Irradiated Water Samples Collected at the Base of the Fukushima Complex, Tokyo Electric Power Co., a Japanese Utilities Firm, is Actively Releasing 1000s of Tons of Radioactive Contaminants Into the Pacific Ocean on a Daily Basis 8.19.2013 The Menacing Specter of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster 10.14.2013 Recent Timelapse Simulations Indicate the Entirety of the Pacific Ocean Will Be Irreversibly Contaminated as a Result of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Facility Meltdown on March 11th of 2011 RADIOACTIVE EXPOSURE 3.15.2011 Radiation Exposure Levels | Assessing Its Potential for Lethality in Humans 1.6.2014 The Fukushima Legacy: The Entire Population of North America Deemed Susceptible to the Development of Cancer From Radiation Exposure 1.8.2014 Living With Radiation | Weighing the Effects of Nuclear Testing Since 1945 With the Fukushima Disaster of 2011 Provides Civilization With a Glimpse Into the Future 12.15.2014 The Precipitous Rise in Beta Radiation Levels Across North America Ushering in Renewed Concerns From the Scientific Community as Information Collected From Monitoring Installations in California, Arizona, and Illinois Reveals a 50,000% Elevation in Radioactivity GENETIC ABNORMALITIES 1.14.2014 The Fukushima Effect | Mutated Ocean Life/ Mass Animal Deaths 7.25.2014 Genetic Abnormalities in Japanese Monkeys Conclusively Linked to the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster POLAR SHIFT/ MAGNETIC REVERSAL 6.14.2005 Pole Shift Hypothesis | Scientific Assignation and Significance 11.20.2012 Magnetic Pole Shift Reversal May Destroy Civilization ASTRONOMICAL COMPONENTS 7.30.2003 Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) | Definition and Significance 11.16.2002 Geomagnetic Storm | Definition and Significance 6.2.2002 Solar Flare | Definition and Significance 6.14.2000 Solar Flare Intensity Classifications 6.14.2000 Solar Flare Intensity Classification | Mathematical Formula HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE 9.15.2008 Carrington Event | Solar Storm of 1859 2.29.2012 1 in 8 Probability of a Catastrophic Solar Megastorm Heralding the Destruction of Earth’s Technological Infrastructure Before 2020 8.3.2012 A Solar Megastorm Possesses the Inherent Potential to Kill Millions, Cause Trillions of Dollars of Damage to Global Technological Infrastructure 4.21.2014 Experts: Civilian Population Woefully Unprepared for Solar-Generated EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Induced Power Failure SUPERVOLCANIC ERUPTION 10.23.2001 Supervolcanoes SUPERVOLCANOES | GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION 7.24.2007 Identifying the Six Known Supervolcanoes in the World YELLOWSTONE 11.26.2003 Yellowstone Caldera 7.21.2014 Yellowstone Supervolcanic Eruption an Estimated 2,000 Times More Powerful Than Mount St. Helens, the Incidence of Which Would Obliterate 2/3 of the Continental United States MEGA TSUNAMI 6.1.2003 Mega Tsunami HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE 2.10.2009 July 9, 1958 Lituya Bay Mega Tsunami | 1,724 Foot (525 Meter) Wall of Water Generated by Tectonic Disturbances Along the Fairweather Faultline in Northeastern Sections of the Gulf of Alaska is Recognized as the Most Significant Event of Its Kind in Recorded History 3.3.2015 Assessing the Ramifications Associated With the Incidence of a Tsunami Along the Eastern Seaboard of the Continental United States 10.3.2015 Scientists Warn of Unprecedented Level of Devastation Wrought by the After Effects of Earthquake Generated Mega Tsunami