The Internet is a massive and spontaneous civilization whose population is greater than China's.
"A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path.
THE VISITOR, by Sheri S. Tepper (Eos/HarperCollins, $25.95), begins with a direct hit on Earth by a massive asteroid that shatters civilization as we know it.
A group of professors explains to Herzog that, if something were to happen to the Internet — if it were taken out by a massive solar flare, say — civilization itself would probably collapse.
Luckily, history does provide us with clues about our future when civilization makes massive leaps forward.
We've spent much of the ensuing years overcoming the misinformation of hired guns paid by fossil fuel companies, who dismiss this massive threat to our civilization.
The exploitation of groundwater resources for human use dates from the earliest civilizations, but massive resource development has been largely restricted to the past 50 years (Foster and Chilton 2003).
The challenge now is to get Haitian voices out there however we can, so people who are interested will remain aware of what's happening as more and more challenges lie ahead for Haiti QUESTION FROM CHRISTINA: The Onion (newspaper) recently did a piece: "Massive Earthquake Reveals Entire Island Civilization Called 'Haiti'".
8 P.M. (13, 49) SECRETS OF THE DEAD: SINKING ATLANTIS Just in time for tsunami season, the archaeologist Sandy MacGillivray delves into the theories about what caused the annihilation of the Minoans, the great ancient civilization, including a massive storm that might have struck Crete.
Massive industrialization and urbanization of civilization during the last few decades have made a thrust in heavy metal pollution in various water bodies.
