Season 2 (2007)

Gamma Ray Burst
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September 4, 2007

Every few seconds, a supernova emits jets of deadly gamma rays somewhere in the galaxy. If one of these gamma ray bursts should ha...Read more

Comet Catastrophe
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September 4, 2007

A comet is imagined to strike the Earth and cause major devastation.

Krakatoa's Revenge
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September 11, 2007

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, claiming over 36,000 lives by the ts...Read more

Glacier Meltdown
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September 25, 2007

As temperatures rise, a global meltdown has begun. From the Andes to the Himalayas to the Alps, glaciers are vanishing. In Antarct...Read more

Hawaii Apocalypse
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October 2, 2007

The shield volcanoes that make the Hawaiian Islands will erupt again and cause major destruction by earthquakes and massive lava flows.

Methane Explosion
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October 9, 2007 • 50m

Methane gas precipitates out of the Earth's crust but is easily diluted in the air and in the oceans. Yet, according to one scient...Read more

Alien Infection
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October 16, 2007

Could an alien infection cause an epidemic on earth? Some experts believe that spacecraft returning from Mars could bring back a h...Read more

New York Earthquake
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October 23, 2007

An earthquake in New York City may seem like the plot of a bad movie, but a magnitude 5 quake occurred in 1884 and could happen ag...Read more

Mega Drought
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October 30, 2007 • 50m

Trends indicate that a major drought event is looming in the not-too-distant future. In as few as three decades we could experienc...Read more

Super Swarms
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November 6, 2007 • 50m

The locust is one of the most destructive and dreaded life forms on Earth. American pioneers faced the largest swarm of locusts ev...Read more

Oil Apocalypse
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November 13, 2007 • 50m

The oil that our world runs on won't last forever. The gap between supply and demand is ever increasing. Will alternative energy s...Read more

L.A.'s Killer Quake
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November 20, 2007 • 50m

It has been a century since the infamous 1906 San Francisco earthquake and Californians live with the knowledge that it's only a m...Read more

The Next Pompeii?
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November 27, 2007

In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii and killed 5,000 people. The volcano is quiet at the moment, but the only consistency in V...Read more