Doomsdays Past & Present (Infographic)

A brief history of doomsdays.
How will the world end? Is extinction preventable? Throughout history, scientists have debated doomsday, and even today movies like Armageddon and Day After Tomorrow reveal the end. (Image credit: Karl Tate, LiveScience Infographic Artist)

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Karl Tate
LiveScience Infographic Artist
Karl has been Purch's infographics specialist across all editorial properties since 2010.  Before joining Purch, Karl spent 11 years at the New York headquarters of The Associated Press, creating news graphics for use around the world in newspapers and on the web.  He has a degree in graphic design from Louisiana State University.