2012 Mayan Calendar Doomsday.
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:24 pm
Here you are. 
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While going through your TV channels, you stumble upon one that is talking about the Earth ending in 2012. You stay on that channel listening to the narrator giving you all these reasons and predictions. But is this true? Are the predictions accurate and reasonable? Will the world really end in 2012?
There are many reasons why experts predicted that the Earth would end by 2012. Reasons such as the Mayan calendar, sun storms, super volcano, Earth’s magnetic poles, and calculations from physicists as well, are supporting the fact that the Earth will end in 2012.
The Mayans once calculated that the lunar moon lasts about 329.53020 days, which was very close to the actual number. This time, they calculated that the Earth will end by December 21, 2012. They might be undoubtedly close to the actual lifespan of the Earth this time again. Furthermore, the physicists have punched in numbers and shown that 2012 will be the year that the Earth ends with certitude of 99 percent.
Statistics have shown that the sun is giving out an unexpectedly high amount of radiation waves. If this situation exacerbates, it might as well destroy the Earth.
The Earth’s magnetic poles swap their positions every 750,000 years. Experts have shown that the poles are moving apart from each other at a rate of 20-30 kilometers per year, which is a very detrimental factor. If the poles moves any further, the magnetic field will be disrupted and eventually the UV from the sun will destroy anything in sight (http://www.merinews.com/article/the-wor ... 9440.shtml).
In contrast, some experts said that nothing bad will happen to us in 2012 because the Earth have been around for four billion years and it will continue to stick around. They also questioned the Mayan calendar’s reason. They said that if nothing bad ever happens to us when our calendar ends on December 31st, why would something happen when the Mayan calendar ends on December 21st, 2012? NASA astronomers have also carried out the Spaceguard Survey which served to find large asteroids near the Earth before they hit. Results have shown that a large one has yet to be found (http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html).
“I think this is just a rumor that’s being exaggerated. Nothing is really going to happen,â€
