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Humanity will end in a billion years
Topic Started: Jul 2 2013, 07:02:48 PM (1,725 Views)
The Doctor
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All animals and plants will vanish from the Earth within the next billion years, a new study suggests.

But ironically the end of the world is going to arrive as a result of too little carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rather than too much.

Currently experts are trying to find ways to cut levels of the greenhouse gas to prevent global warming running out of control.

But as the Sun ages and grows hotter, greater evaporation and chemical reactions with rainwater will take away more and more carbon dioxide.

In less than a billion years, its levels will be too low for photosynthesising plants to survive, say scientists.

When that happens, life as we know it on Earth will cease to exist.

With the loss of plants, herbivorous animals will also die out, as well as the carnivores that prey on them.
Eventually microbes will be all that remains - and for the majority of them even their days will be numbered.
After another billion years, the oceans will have dried out completely leaving only the hardiest bugs.
Astrobiologist Jack O'Malley-James, from the University of St Andrews, said: "The far-future Earth will be very hostile to life by this point.

"All living things require liquid water, so any remaining life will be restricted to pockets of liquid water, perhaps at cooler, higher altitudes or in caves underground."

The surviving organisms would also have to cope with extreme high temperatures and intense ultraviolet radiation, he said.

The predictions are based on a computer simulation of the impact long-term changes to the Sun are likely to have on Earth.

As the Sun ages over the next billion years or so, it is expected to remain stable but to grow steadily brighter.

The increasingly intense radiation will cause the Earth to heat up to such an extent that the oceans start to evaporate.



Really? The weathermen/women can't get the weather right, so how will a bunch of crazy nutjobs in white coats be able to calculate the end of life accurately?

What do you think and when do you think all life will be impossible on earth?
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dont care, will be dead
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As cliche (and off topic) as it may sound, I'd love a zombie apocalypse.
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KingOfNeverland
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tomorrow.
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Well, gentlemen, I think it has become clear that we need to continue polluting as much as possible, in order to build up a large carbon dioxide reserve. I'll be running my generator 24/7 from now on. And I'll burn all of my garbage. This way, the Earth will warm now, but it'll pay off down the road.
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I think that since the FOX unit was part of the CIA, that they'd have given Zero some specifications to how it would be acceptable to run things, which probably meant that bagging your turds and carrying them around with you was tossed out the window, it'd be stupid anyway since even if it was bagged, the stench would've leaked out eventually, and I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure I'd be able to smell it if some random guy was crawling through the bushes carrying a bag of his own shit, especially if he put that and urinated in the same bag...yeah...not very stealthy.
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I hope Half Life 3 comes out before then.
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Bames Jond
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now this is pod racing

We'll have probably all nuked each other or something to extinction by then anyway. I just feel bad for the critters who get left behind.
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Predicting humanity will end in the next billion years is like predicting someone will have sex at some point in their life. By that I mean everyone falls into some eventually.
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She had some mental problems and was locked away in mental health facility (or torture prisons in her words) approx. every six months for weeks, sometimes months. Let me see if I can find some pictures of those cats.

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Jul 2 2013, 07:29:26 PM
Predicting humanity will end in the next billion years is like predicting someone will have sex at some point in their life. By that I mean everyone falls into some eventually.
This is pretty much how I feel. Pretty ridiculous "prediction," to be honest.
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The Governor
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Agreed with Rooster

The prediction may be valid, maybe not. But it doesn't matter because a billion years is a massive time lapse, even in terms of the universe.
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I think that since the FOX unit was part of the CIA, that they'd have given Zero some specifications to how it would be acceptable to run things, which probably meant that bagging your turds and carrying them around with you was tossed out the window, it'd be stupid anyway since even if it was bagged, the stench would've leaked out eventually, and I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure I'd be able to smell it if some random guy was crawling through the bushes carrying a bag of his own shit, especially if he put that and urinated in the same bag...yeah...not very stealthy.
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Captain Jack Sparrow
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Even if we will be dead by then, what about the future generations? What about our descendants? Are we cruel enough to live recklessly knowing that only the future gens will pay the price?

The humanity CAN last forever. Is up to us. But iīm too lazy to start the revolution myself, i will wait for somebody to grab the initiative. :roy:
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KingOfNeverland
Not so lonely anymore...

Captain Jack Sparrow
Jul 3 2013, 08:42:51 PM

The humanity CAN last forever.
lol of course it cant.you have to be really ignorant to think so.
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KingOfNeverland
Jul 3 2013, 08:53:06 PM
Captain Jack Sparrow
Jul 3 2013, 08:42:51 PM

The humanity CAN last forever.
lol of course it cant.you have to be really ignorant to think so.
You have to be really ignorant to think it canīt just because you donīt think so.
Liquid, youīre outdated!
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KingOfNeverland
Not so lonely anymore...

Captain Jack Sparrow
Jul 3 2013, 08:54:42 PM
KingOfNeverland
Jul 3 2013, 08:53:06 PM
Captain Jack Sparrow
Jul 3 2013, 08:42:51 PM

The humanity CAN last forever.
lol of course it cant.you have to be really ignorant to think so.
You have to be really ignorant to think it canīt just because you donīt think so.
do you even know what youre talking about though?
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KingOfNeverland
Jul 3 2013, 08:57:39 PM
Captain Jack Sparrow
Jul 3 2013, 08:54:42 PM
KingOfNeverland
Jul 3 2013, 08:53:06 PM
Captain Jack Sparrow
Jul 3 2013, 08:42:51 PM

The humanity CAN last forever.
lol of course it cant.you have to be really ignorant to think so.
You have to be really ignorant to think it canīt just because you donīt think so.
do you even know what youre talking about though?
I do know what iīm talking about, bu iīm not sure if youīre just fucking around or drugged.
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Better to rule in hell.
nah we'll have found the mars archives by then and we'll have beaten the reapers. we'll be able to survive, i wouldn't worry.
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KingOfNeverland
Not so lonely anymore...

or maybe im just somewhat informed of whats going on around the world.
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you canīt be informed about whatīs going on in the future ;)
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