Before the death of the earth, there was twice as much time as before
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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In the scientific community, it has long been speculated that humanity in the distant future can survive only if it finds ways to move to another suitable planet for life. Living conditions in the future, not only for humans, but for all life on our planet will become unbearable due to too high temperatures, and we will either have to find ways to survive on the burning earth amidst boiling water or find another suitable place to live that could replace to the Earth.
Recently, at the Colorado University, the research team concluded that we have much more time than previously thought to find possible ways of salvation. The scenario of the end of the existence of mankind on earth has not changed: high air temperatures will lead to the evaporation of water on the planet, as a result, all living things will perish. The specialists created a 3D model, after studying which, they were able to determine exactly how the hydrosphere and the earth's atmosphere will react to the temperature increase. Having analyzed statistical data well since 1980, the scientists concluded that every 110 million our earth will be heated by the sun by 1%, which means that the maximum temperature will rise to 1.5 billion years. E.Vulv, one of the authors of the research project, noted that now we have twice as much time to find a suitable planet for resettlement (earlier scientists assumed that the earth would end in 650 million years). Scientists predict that in 1.5 billion years the average temperature on earth will reach 400 ° C, which will make our planet similar to Venus, because of the high temperatures and lack of water on which all living organisms perish.
However, the data that are announced are not final, according to experts themselves. During the simulation, scientists took into account natural processes, all possible factors affecting global warming were not taken into account, but they have a huge impact on the climate of our planet.
Recently, the research team made a forecast about natural disasters that threaten our planet. It turns out that the large-scale catastrophes on the earth, which became known as El Niño, as a result of the rise in the temperature of the Pacific Ocean and the change in the amount of precipitated precipitation can already become more frequent in this century.
In addition, greenhouse gases can lead to the fact that the planet will not have oxygen, and people simply have nothing to breathe. To such conclusions experts of the magazine "the Exchange leader" (heading "News of a science") have come. In the atmosphere of the earth for the past 80 thousand years, the highest level of carbon dioxide was recorded, which remains in the atmosphere for several hundred (and possibly several thousand) years and largely influences climate change. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, by the way, will continue to affect the climate for a long time, even if all possible emissions are stopped immediately.
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