7 Ways Scientists Plan To Avert The Apocalypse

3. Global Warming

It's getting hot in here, but rather than simply taking off all our clothes, there are those who think we should probably do something about the environment.

Seeing as the tactic of not-burning-all-the-fossil-fuels-we-can-get-our-mitts-on seems like an unexpectedly tricky concept for people to grasp, some scientists are working on ways to bring the temperature down in spite of ourselves.

As well as the hope that one of the three popular clean energy sources - wind, solar and nuclear - will eventually replace fossil fuels, offsetting the temperature spike will hopefully buy us more time to make the transition.

The controversial field of geoengineering involves artificially altering the environment to change the Earth's climate. It's controversial because that's kinda how we got into this mess in the first place. Some proposals include: putting space mirrors into orbit to reflect some of the sun's radiation, spraying sulfur dioxide particles into the atmosphere, or even recycling the carbon already in the atmosphere and turning it back into fuel.

These techniques are a short term solution to put off having our coastal cities slide into the sea, but we will ultimately have to come to terms with the fact that the oil is running out about as fast as our luck.