The Top 10 As We Hit Bottom - What Global Warming Nuclear War Cyberwar Pandemics Supervolcanoes Asteroid Strikes Out-of-Control AI and Other Unpleasantries Could Do to Us
Jim Parry
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Summary
Fun facts to keep you informed and entertained while the world falls apart around you. We may have fewer icicles as global warming progresses, but so far listicles remain plentiful. In this volume that offers a blend of pitch-black humor and fascinating trivia about non-trivial threats to human existence, you can learn actual information about:Top 10 species we’ll lose to climate changeTop 10 avalanches mostly caused by global warmingTop 10 climate change deniersTop 10 times we almost had a nuclear warTop 10 things that will happen when the Yellowstone Supervolcano eruptsTop 10 ways to try to stop an asteroidTop 10 signs that the earth is about to be swallowed by a black holeTop 10 ways a particle accelerator mishap could destroy the worldTop 10 end-of-world cults you can join nowand much more! With research and really scary text by Jim Parry and heartwarming illustrations by Ron Barrett (of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs fame), the lists in The Top Ten As We Hit Bottom are compiled and culled from the world’s most credible authorities such as NASA, the UN, and the Union of Concerned Scientists. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, you won’t be able to put it down until . . . the end.