Apocalypse fiction has become all the rage in recent years, with authors and filmmakers churning out countless depictions of imaginative methods of wiping out mankind. Indeed, even I have jumped on the bandwagon and produced a post-apocalyptic novel (Soulless: Book 1). But with all this fictional focus on humanity's end, one has to question what the likelihood is of any of these doomsday scenarios actually happening.

Just how doomed are we?

Well, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved their Doomsday Clock ahead to three minutes to midnight on January 2, 2015. This is the closest it's been to midnight (midnight signaling our annihilation) since the days of the Cold War. Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Bulletin stated, "Today, unchecked climate change and a nuclear arms race resulting from modernization of huge arsenals pose extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity. And world leaders have failed to act with the speed or the scale required to protect citizens from potential catastrophe."

Sooo... pretty freakin' doomed!

The only question left is, how will we go out? Listed below are 9 potential apocalypses we may face, and the likelihood of each one occurring. Cheers!