With the way the world is going at the moment if the news cycle is anything to go by, nobody could blame you for feeling like it's the end of days.
Now, not to alarm you but a space weather expert has issued a grim warning that everyone on Earth could be on the verge of a 'catastrophic geomagnetic disaster'.
Just what you want to hear about Earth's 'disaster cycle'.
Ben Davidson is the founder of Space Weather News, and he shared the dramatic prediction on the Matt Beall Limitless podcast.
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So what does he think we have in store? How about tsunamis, climate chaos and mass extinction.
This is no minor event either, as it could be capable of wiping out up to 90 percent of all life on Earth.
Ben Davidson says the event he predicts is due to a rapid magnetic pole shift, potentially triggered by a solar 'micronova'.
It's not just you who has never heard of that either, don't worry.
It's worth noting that he's something of an outlier with his theory.
A 'micronova' is a sudden solar explosion, and there aren't many people who support his theory.
Despite the lack of agreement, Davidson insists his theory, based on the underlying geomagnetic cycle, is 'bulletproof'.
He said: "This is a near extinction-level event, and we are in the middle of it right now!"
Davidson explained it is a cycle that occurs roughly every 6,000 years.
Not only that, but a more severe event takes place every 12,000 years, he says, but the good news is we're not in the middle of that.
He also says that the Earth's magnetic field has weakened by up to 15 percent since the 1800s.
Davidson says that auroras used to be rare at low latitudes.
However, he says they are now appearing much more frequently, some '15 to 20' times in just a few years.
"We've probably seen 15 to 20 of these events. So, we've gone from, you know, one to three every decade to more than 10 in just a couple of years," warned the expert.
"What the sun is throwing at Earth to trigger those lower latitude auroras is far smaller than what it used to take as we look back into the past."
He believes this is a sign that the magnetic shield is failing.
Davidson told the Daily Mail: "Everything we expect to see is unfolding now, confirming we're not just due for this event, it's happening, and it's a massive threat."
He thinks a catastrophic event could strike in a 10 to 25-year window.
He said we are overdue a geomagnetic storm, the last major one was in 1859.
The severe event caused telegraph systems to malfunction, leading to fires, and he says in the modern world it would hit power grids and halt the water and food supply.
Davidson warns: "Within three days, there's no gasoline at the pump. There's no food at the store.
"Everything we expect to see is unfolding now, confirming we're not just due for this event, it's happening, and it's a massive threat that almost no one is addressing," saying he thinks we aren't being told things in order to avoid 'panic'.
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Jen Thomas