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Study: Earth will be uninhabitable in 1.75 billion years
The end of the world is no longer just some far-off notion; the event now has a date. New research shows how much time it will take for the Earth to basically dry up and no longer be able to support human life.
And as long as whatever is on your bucket list won't take longer than 1.75 billion years, there’s not really anything for this generation or the next couple million generations to worry about. (Via YouTube / DaveandNic4eva)
That’s about how long researchers at the University of East Anglia predict will take the Earth to end up outside of the habitable zone. “These zones are defined by water. In the habitable zone, a planet is just the right distance from its star to have liquid water. Closer to the sun, in the ‘hot zone,’ the Earth’s oceans would evaporate.” (Via LiveScience)
The Earth won't move, but it’s actually the sun we have to keep an eye on (not literally). As it gets older, the star is continuously growing hotter, brighter and bigger at about a 10th of an astronomical unit every billion years. (Via The Guardian)
Now, 1.75 billion years might seem like a long time away, but in relative terms, it’s really not too far off.
It took about 4.5 billion years just for the evolution of an intelligent species on Earth. (Via Wikimedia Commons / TimeVickers)
And according to one of the lead researchers, “Modern humans have only been around for the last 200,000 years — so you can see it takes a really long time for intelligent life to develop.” (Via Discovery)
But if it helps you feel any better, all won't be lost like that. It will actually be a very slow process as the Earth dries up and completely runs out of water reserves.
But according to the researchers, there’s still the chance our planet won't make it that far — you know, with all the other likely doomsday scenarios, like a meteor strike, nuclear war, crazed robots, superinfections, aliens, black holes and, of course, zombies. (Via YouTube / DXINTRO Ø, National Nuclear Security Administration, Wikimedia Commons / Real Steel 01, Wikimedia Commons / Alviseni Lopez / Binky1206 / Jin Zan, NASA)
The study did note there is a solution or a sort of safe haven: Mars. Although it’s fairly close to Earth, scientists estimate it will remain in the habitable zone until the sun dies in about 6 billion years. So mark your calendars.
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/earth-...ars/nZ3CW/ (http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/earth-...ars/nZ3CW/)
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I can live with that. :M
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I wonder how many posts CBC will have when that happens. :apondering:
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So I should getting ready to move soon I do have a lot of stuff so packing will take me some time :apondering:
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Sounds rather meaningless from my viewpoint
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Sounds rather meaningless from my viewpoint
Everything is meaningless in the end.
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Sounds rather meaningless from my viewpoint
You're such a faggot.
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Sounds rather meaningless from my viewpoint
Everything is meaningless in the end.
Nothings meaningless dude.
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Trust me. I have studied philosophy :M
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This feels relevant: The Scale of the Universe 2 (http://htwins.net/scale2/)
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Trust me. I have studied philosophy :M
Philosophy doesn't tell me the meaning of my existence. I do. :green:
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I'm gonna have to reschedule some appointments
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I will sit on the porch and watch it come
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I will sit on the porch and watch it come
You will be the oldest man in the world! :oldman:
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Thats true
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I wonder how many posts CBC will have when that happens. :apondering:
I will live-blog the apocalypse with fantastic smiley collages! :green:
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By then we will likely have the technology to rejuvenate the planet, that is if we haven't destroyed ourselves beforehand.
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By then we will likely have the technology to rejuvenate the planet, that is if we haven't destroyed ourselves beforehand.
Imagine what we might look like by then. :lovelove:
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By then we will likely have the technology to rejuvenate the planet, that is if we haven't destroyed ourselves beforehand.
Imagine what we might look like by then. :lovelove:
We'll all still be here. Or on Intensity Cubed. :P
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:nerdy:
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And I'll be 1,750,000,064 years old. Guess which one will be more important?
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We get swallowed by the sun
everyone moves to Mars
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And I'll be 1,750,000,064 years old. Guess which one will be more important?
The older one gets, the more warmth one needs, I have been told. So, the sun will be meeting all your needs.
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Would Homo Erectus have needed Cialis? ???
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Would Homo Erectus have needed Cialis? ???
Well on one hand we are here so they must not have but on the other they are gone :apondering:
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Would Homo Erectus have needed Cialis? ???
Well on one hand we are here so they must not have but on the other they are gone :apondering:
It's a conundrum alright. :autism:
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I love the fact that they haven't figured in Christs return. figures, :zoinks:
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Would Homo Erectus have needed Cialis? ???
Well on one hand we are here so they must not have but on the other they are gone :apondering:
It's a conundrum alright. :autism:
It's a riddle within a mystery wrapped in an enigma. :tard:
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Would Homo Erectus have needed Cialis? ???
Well on one hand we are here so they must not have but on the other they are gone :apondering:
It's a conundrum alright. :autism:
It's a riddle within a mystery wrapped in an enigma. :tard:
With a schlong thrown in for good measure. Think of that next time you have a wiener wrap.
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We have the technology now to move the earth away to maintain a constant safe distance. It will take a long time to matter, so moving a few asteroids here and there should take care of it. Then again, eventually we'll become too close to Mars, so something will have to be done about that.
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We have the technology now to move the earth away to maintain a constant safe distance. It will take a long time to matter, so moving a few asteroids here and there should take care of it. Then again, eventually we'll become too close to Mars, so something will have to be done about that.
We'll just have to invade and incorporate Mars, that's what the Romans would have done. :viking:
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We have the technology now to move the earth away to maintain a constant safe distance. It will take a long time to matter, so moving a few asteroids here and there should take care of it. Then again, eventually we'll become too close to Mars, so something will have to be done about that.
We'll just have to invade and incorporate Mars, that's what the Romans would have done. :viking:
I was thinking of finding some way to increase Mars's mass and restart its geological engine. I think if we pile enough uranium on one part of the planet, and keep adding mass, it will sink to the core and begin convection again. Tharsis would be a good place to start that. Then we could maneouvre the Earth into orbit around it. We may have to eject the moon from our orbit first. But afterwards, we could set it around the double-planet system we'd constructed. This would be accomplished by great timescales and computers of presently unknown power.
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We have the technology now to move the earth away to maintain a constant safe distance. It will take a long time to matter, so moving a few asteroids here and there should take care of it. Then again, eventually we'll become too close to Mars, so something will have to be done about that.
We'll just have to invade and incorporate Mars, that's what the Romans would have done. :viking:
I was thinking of finding some way to increase Mars's mass and restart its geological engine. I think if we pile enough uranium on one part of the planet, and keep adding mass, it will sink to the core and begin convection again. Tharsis would be a good place to start that. Then we could maneouvre the Earth into orbit around it. We may have to eject the moon from our orbit first. But afterwards, we could set it around the double-planet system we'd constructed. This would be accomplished by great timescales and computers of presently unknown power.
:orly:
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We have the technology now to move the earth away to maintain a constant safe distance. It will take a long time to matter, so moving a few asteroids here and there should take care of it. Then again, eventually we'll become too close to Mars, so something will have to be done about that.
We'll just have to invade and incorporate Mars, that's what the Romans would have done. :viking:
I was thinking of finding some way to increase Mars's mass and restart its geological engine. I think if we pile enough uranium on one part of the planet, and keep adding mass, it will sink to the core and begin convection again. Tharsis would be a good place to start that. Then we could maneouvre the Earth into orbit around it. We may have to eject the moon from our orbit first. But afterwards, we could set it around the double-planet system we'd constructed. This would be accomplished by great timescales and computers of presently unknown power.
:orly:
:yarly: :GA:
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You guys I thought they knew what killed planets. the core shutting down? or turning into a solid piece of metal, after all.
The core drives most of the planets ecosystem, force fields etc. If we don't have a molten nickel aluminuim cock rotating and churning, I'm afraid this is what happened to Mars.
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You guys I thought they knew what killed planets. the core shutting down? or turning into a solid piece of metal, after all.
The core drives most of the planets ecosystem, force fields etc. If we don't have a molten nickel aluminuim cock rotating and churning, I'm afraid this is what happened to Mars.
What would that have to do with anything?
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Well. I believe its like the domino effect.
If you don't have a Atmosphere, the radiation from the sun & space will surly kill all life on the surface
Etc. space radiation is a real issue
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We are protected by our atmosphere. We are also protected by our magnetic field. Apparently, charged particles can strip away our atmosphere in addition to whatever other harm they can do.
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We are protected by our atmosphere. We are also protected by our magnetic field. Apparently, charged particles can strip away our atmosphere in addition to whatever other harm they can do.
I looked at the science of this, and the magnetosphere seems to be self replenishing. As far as current research says, the core does seem to be related to this.
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We are protected by our atmosphere. We are also protected by our magnetic field. Apparently, charged particles can strip away our atmosphere in addition to whatever other harm they can do.
I looked at the science of this, and the magnetosphere seems to be self replenishing. As far as current research says, the core does seem to be related to this.
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The magnetosphere is no longer generated by the spinning hunk of iron at the Earth's core?
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We are protected by our atmosphere. We are also protected by our magnetic field. Apparently, charged particles can strip away our atmosphere in addition to whatever other harm they can do.
I looked at the science of this, and the magnetosphere seems to be self replenishing. As far as current research says, the core does seem to be related to this.
???
The magnetosphere is no longer generated by the spinning hunk of iron at the Earth's core?
Mars is the planet whose magnetosphere has stopped. Ours is still going.
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We are protected by our atmosphere. We are also protected by our magnetic field. Apparently, charged particles can strip away our atmosphere in addition to whatever other harm they can do.
I looked at the science of this, and the magnetosphere seems to be self replenishing. As far as current research says, the core does seem to be related to this.
???
The magnetosphere is no longer generated by the spinning hunk of iron at the Earth's core?
Mars is the planet whose magnetosphere has stopped. Ours is still going.
Well, that's good ;)
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We are protected by our atmosphere. We are also protected by our magnetic field. Apparently, charged particles can strip away our atmosphere in addition to whatever other harm they can do.
I looked at the science of this, and the magnetosphere seems to be self replenishing. As far as current research says, the core does seem to be related to this.
???
The magnetosphere is no longer generated by the spinning hunk of iron at the Earth's core?
Mars is the planet whose magnetosphere has stopped. Ours is still going.
Well, that's good ;)
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My girth generates its own magnetosphere.
I disable magnetically braced-open doors as I pass through them. :M :P
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We are protected by our atmosphere. We are also protected by our magnetic field. Apparently, charged particles can strip away our atmosphere in addition to whatever other harm they can do.
I looked at the science of this, and the magnetosphere seems to be self replenishing. As far as current research says, the core does seem to be related to this.
???
The magnetosphere is no longer generated by the spinning hunk of iron at the Earth's core?
Mars is the planet whose magnetosphere has stopped. Ours is still going.
Well, that's good ;)
Not for the Martians. They have been reduced into exploring other planets with anal :probe: probes and penis sheaths. :(
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We are protected by our atmosphere. We are also protected by our magnetic field. Apparently, charged particles can strip away our atmosphere in addition to whatever other harm they can do.
I looked at the science of this, and the magnetosphere seems to be self replenishing. As far as current research says, the core does seem to be related to this.
???
The magnetosphere is no longer generated by the spinning hunk of iron at the Earth's core?
Mars is the planet whose magnetosphere has stopped. Ours is still going.
Well, that's good ;)
Not for the Martians. They have been reduced into exploring other planets with anal :probe: probes and penis sheaths. :(
You should share your personal close-encounter stories with all of us. We will not judge. :angel:
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Giorgio Moroder Tsoukalis is the alien authority. :zoinks:
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Giorgio Moroder Tsoukalis is the alien authority. :zoinks:
When you met him, were you dancing like you'd never danced before? :zoinks:
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Fortunately for me he thought his penis sheath was some sort of jet pack. :zoinks:
Giorgio Tsoukalos on Penis Sheaths (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID698R9fA6A#ws)
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Sounds rather meaningless from my viewpoint
Everything is meaningless in the end.
kev729 is that you?