This thought-provoking exposé is brought to you by Skillshare, a growing online learning community that boasts over 16,000 different courses. The first 500 people to use the link in the description will receive a two-month free trial. This is presented by Real Life Lore, which previously explored what could happen in our world and the universe in the next billion years, but in reality, time expands far beyond that. So, what may occur after a billion years have elapsed from today?
In a billion years' time, Earth's landscape will be vastly different from what we know today.
The increase in the Sun's luminosity will drive the average surface temperature up to 47 degrees Celsius, resulting in the evaporation of the oceans. Life will persist only at the poles, where liquid water will remain. Nevertheless, time will forge ahead.
In one to five billion years, the Sun's luminosity will push its habitable zone further into the Solar System, providing conditions on Mars similar to Earth during the last Ice Age. However, two to three billion years into the future, the Earth's outer core will solidify, marking the end of our planet's magnetic field.
As time wears on, the scenario becomes more dire. In two to eight billion years, Earth's surface temperature will surge to 149 degrees Celsius, rendering survival impossible for even the simplest of organisms.
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