While the latest scientific research often brings with it welcome innovations and inventions, from groundbreaking new medical treatments to huge advances in computing, it can also be a somewhat pessimistic place to be.
If you look far enough into the future to try to figure out what will happen to our planet, you may not like what you see. This may be as far away as our sun eventually absorbing our entire planet, but there are also some less difficult times to come in the millions of years before such a cataclysmic event.
In fact, researchers at the University of Bristol published a paper late last year arguing just that They figured out how most life on Earth would actually end.
Use their prediction as one Supercomputer To process all kinds of geological and meteorological data and the results it produces are based on the tectonic plates of our planet. They are moving slowly but surely, and according to research, they will eventually come together to form a massive supercontinent.
Supercontinent Pangea Ultima
This massive supercontinent is called Pangea Ultima, after Pangea, which was the supercontinent that existed during the late Paleolithic and early Mesozoic periods, and which split into our present-day continents hundreds of millions of years ago.
“A newly formed supercontinent would essentially create a triple whammy, including a continent, a hotter sun, and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, increasing heat across much of the planet.” Dr. Alexander Farnsworth from the research team explained the results.
This would create An incredibly vast and arid climate zone, with typical temperatures between 40 and 50 degrees Celsiusalong with high humidity levels.
This humidity means that Our ability to sweat – To lower body temperature – It will be largely limited, which the team believes will affect most mammals as well.
About 8-16% of the total land mass of Pangea Ultimea It will be habitableThe study says, But even that would be a harsh environment to live in.
The meeting of tectonic plates can also cause a huge, long-lasting explosion of volcanic activity and the formation of massive new volcanoes.
When will Pangea Ultima be formed?
If all of this sounds like an avalanche of bad news, there's actually some good news, too.
Research says so All this will happen in about 250 million years, which is so far in the future, it is almost difficult to imagine. It actually means that Humanity has plenty of time to find a way to deal with all these ominous events.
This could mean colonies and space bases on Mars. With so many years between now and the extinction of the human race, no one can guess what will actually happen.
source: FOXreport.gr
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