12 ways the world could end — VIDEO

Worried about the end? The apocalypse? The big boom?

Don’t crawl under your desk just yet — but Oxford University researchers have compiled a list of the 12 ways the world could end.

1. Nuclear War

— it’s been an ever-present fear since WWII

2. Extreme Climate Change

— crazy weather, pollution, unsustainable living conditions, etc.

3. Global Pandemic

— when sickness strikes… and doctors can’t help

4. Supervolcanoes

— explosions so big that the eruption could block the sun

5. Artificial Intelligence

— computers, man…

6. Bad Local Governance

— government disasters

7. Asteroids

— BOOM!

8. Ecological Collapse

— when the food runs out

9. Nanotechnology

— depletion of natural resources, pollution, climate change, clean water and poverty via creation of new materials on an atomic level (Daily Mail)

10. Unknown unknowns

—aliens… or something else?

11. Global System Collapse

— crashing economy

12. Synthetic Biology

— engineering a super-organism that targets humans or ecosystem

Scared yet? Take our poll below and weigh in on the study.

Information for this report was provided by Oxford University, CNN and Daily Mail.

Contact Ashley Casper at acasper@reviewjournal.com. Find her on Twitter: @TheCasperA