Apocalypse now? Doomsday could be far less than a billion years away..

[classic33]

Boiling oceans and searing air temperatures will render our planet uninhabitable in the distant future, University of East Anglia scientists claimed.

We do at least have time to book our tickets to Mars or any of the other 1,000 “suitable” planets detected so far, according to Andrew Rushby of the University of East Anglia
Rushby said: "We estimate that Earth will cease to be habitable somewhere between 1.75 and 3.25 billion years from now. After this point, Earth will be in the 'hot zone' of the sun, with temperatures so high that the seas would evaporate. We would see a catastrophic and terminal extinction event for all life.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/apocalypse...n-a-billion-years-away-102329350.html#CkcHeFJ

 

[MontyVeda]

in that case... I'm going to spend spend spend!

 

[dellzeqq]

Ryannair have just announced flights to Alpha Centauri. Sad to say you have to do a space walk to pee.

 

[Puddles]

somewhere between 1.75 and 3.25 billion years from now.

That allows for quite a margin of error

 

[classic33]

That allows for quite a margin of error

You'll still be trying to get a proper answer from HMRC!!

 

[laurence]

Ryannair have just announced flights to Alpha Centauri. Sad to say you have to do a space walk to pee.

they say that. i bet the airport is somewhere beyond the horsehead nebula though and you have to get a bus the rest of the way.

 

[Beebo]

Let's no worry about it now.
No species has ever managed to survive on earth for more than a couple of hundred million years, and 99% of all species that ever existed are now extinct, so there is no chance that humans will be around to see the end of the earth.

 

[byegad]

IF we get off the planet in numbers, and set up colonies on other planets or even in orbit then maybe we have the wherewithal to survive and cheat the natural extinction that most species seem to meet. However we are going to have to be a lot cleverer as a species than present evidence suggests!

 

[BJH]

Ryannair have just announced flights to Alpha Centauri. Sad to say you have to do a space walk to pee.

Or Jupiter west as they will probably call it

 

[BJH]

Let's no worry about it now.
No species has ever managed to survive on earth for more than a couple of hundred million years, and 99% of all species that ever existed are now extinct, so there is no chance that humans will be around to see the end of the earth.

"We're doomed" !!!!

 

[surfdude]

Let's no worry about it now.
No species has ever managed to survive on earth for more than a couple of hundred million years, and 99% of all species that ever existed are now extinct, so there is no chance that humans will be around to see the end of the earth.

i was worried before and now i am really worried . how long have we been here ? . have i time to put on some clean undies . i have just got a new bike as well it will get ruined

 

[[Philip]]

But I've only just planted some rhubarb..

 

[Davidc]

42

 

[Milzy]

I'm going to buy a Rapha jersey then.

 

[KEEF]

I have thought long and hard about this and have decided to stay on Earth thank you.