can earth servive for more than 100 years?

Answer 1

Earth - possibly
Humanity - less likely
Civilization - unlikely

There are more and more threats to civilization emerging every day. In the 19th century the biggest threat to humanity (other than threats which were always there, like meteors and earthquakes) was a disease like a virulent flu, or smallpox, and even that would have only killed (at the most) a few million people. Now we have global warming, weapons of mass desturction and soon we might have geneticly enginered viruses or nanites capable of killing billions, as well as the possibility of a devastating natural illness, some of which could destroy the world, quite a few of which could just wipe out humanity and take quite a bit of life with them, and all of which could potentially wipe out civilization.

One possibility that we have never been visited by aliens is that whenever a civilization gets as advanced as us it self destructs.

Answer 2

Of course Earth can survive the next 100 years. In fact, the planet will be here a few million more. I think that the question brought up by Stephen Hawking recently was "Can Humanity survive the next 100 years?"

Of course Humanity can last the next 100 years - even in the face of nuclear holocost or hot virus, some pockets of humans will survive and live on. That doesn't mean humanity will be what it is today after such an event, but it will live on. My opinion is humanity is going to be okay.

Answer 3

With or with out Bush the earth will survive. The earth is much harder to kill then you would think. Mother nature is very good at her job. Volcano's spew out more gases into the air then man creates Oil spills are terrible and need to be prevented , but what about all the oil that seeps up from the ocean floor. Nuclear can destroy all human life (if we are dumb enough to let it) but even then the earth and some insects (cockroaches) would survive.

Answer 4

Earth can - and will - survive for eons. The people living on Earth might become extinct within the next hundred years if we don't change our ways. Here's what we need to do to ensure that our species will continue to exist:

1. Stop fighting with each other. War only begets more war.
2. REturn, REuse, REcyle - everything! Cardboard, steel, scrap paper, glass, asphalt, old computers, used cooking grease, oil, newsprint, cell phones, ink cartridges, magazines, aluminum, tin cans, plastics, styrofoam, and everything else that isn't quickly biodegradable.
3. Learn to value the delicate ecological balance between man, plants, and all other animals so that we can survive together on this planet as the evolutionary 'big bang' process (or an intelligent designer, or Nature, or God) intended.
4. Stop polluting our air and waterways with residue from smoke-belching factories and vehicle emissions, which will allow the polar ice caps to melt faster, causing horrendous hurricanes, phenomenal flooding, and all kinds of other natural disasters - all because man accelerated the process of global warming.
5. Stop the hatred! All the poison spewed over our conservative biased media only generates more hatred. Keep news fair and balanced, objective and accurate. Don't allow the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Shawn Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter brain-wash dimwitted "dittoheads" into believing all the propaganda they slather on so sickly slickly. Obliterate all those vulgar idiots like Howard Stern and Jerry Springfield who have devalued our basic "freedom of speech".
6. Bring back the once-envisioned "kinder, gentler nation" filled with love, compassion, and equality for every U.S. citizen - and then spread all that love and compassion around the world.
7. Return the U.S.A. to its rightful role as a world leader and global peacekeeper (instead of an 'evil empire' war monger).
8. Lead the pack in eliminating ALL nuclear weapons of mass destruction from the Earth by destroying all of ours FIRST. Yes, someone has to go first...and TRUST that all others will follow.
9. Abandon the industrial-military complex in this nation and use all that money for important things like repairing infrastructures, rebuilding schools, developing effective mass transit, saving our environment, and creating opportunities.
10. Assume our Constitutional right to bear arms against an oppressive and tyrannical government so that we might once again bring decency, civility, and cordiality to American shores.
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Answer 5

Earth (often referred to as "the earth") is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth in order of size. It is the largest of its planetary system's terrestrial planets and the only place in the universe known by humans to support life. The Earth was formed around 4.57 billion years ago and its largest natural satellite, the Moon, was orbiting it shortly thereafter, around 4.533 billion years ago.

Since it formed over 4.5 billion years ago, Earth has been hit many times by asteroids and comets whose orbits bring them into the inner solar system. These objects, collectively known as Near Earth Objects or NEOs, still pose a danger to Earth today. Depending on the size of the impacting object, such a collision can cause massive damage on local to global scales. There is no doubt that sometime in the future Earth wil suffer another cosmic impact; the only question is "when?". There is strong scientific evidence that cosmic collisions have played a major role in the mass extinctions documented in Earth's fossil record. That such cosmic collisions can still occur today was demonstrated graphically in 1994 when Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke apart and 21 fragments, some as large as 2 km in diameter, crashed into the atmosphere of Jupiter. If these fragments had hit Earth instead, we would have suffered global catastrophes of the kind that inspire science fiction movies


The risk you face of dying as a result of an asteroid impact is about 1 in 20,000, the same risk you face of dying in a plane crash. - Source: Spaceguard Survey

It may not be an asteriod of meteor distroying the earth but the damage we humans are making to in ecocystem and atmosphere by blindly running towards industrialization and advancement neglecting the earth is critical. we are constantly depleting its resources..population explosion... global warming.

Ozone hole is enlarging and poses a threat to life on earth... so whats point of having earth if we can not have life on it as a matter of fact we have several other lifeless planets around.

Answer 6

Well the question u have asked is certainly haunting everyone's mind.....and the answer is YES.....No matter earthquake starts,Volcanoes erupts,Flood flushes everything,Global warming cause rise in temperature.......The earth is scheduled to live another million years.....joking huh....The world that everyone has seen is just a flick of eyes compared to the life time of earth....It is a very stable planet in equilibrium and anything that causes voilation of equilibrium will automatically oppose the cause that roduces it
(Le Chaterlee's Principle)

Answer 7

At the current rate and present conditions, yes, but here is what it will be like:

Gasoline at all time high, $100.00 per gallon.

The temperature for N.Y. today will be 120 degrees, and the boats docked around the skyscrapers won't be taking people on tours.

Stay inside or underground, and go to the medical centers for treatments if you see welts growing on your tumors.

Pres. Bush X11 suggests we all take a day off from work.

Answer 8

Yes, earth is for the human and human is for the earth. Don't worry earth never be ruined. If you are sincere in your question i will show you the facts and truth.

Answer 9

Earth will survive for millions more years.
The real question is: will Earth's "inhabitants" survive another 100 years?

Answer 10

possibly, but no one knows this, NO ONE! the earth could easily be destroyed, and it is allready taking tole, us humans are very destructive, it is a shame that this is happening, and i'm ashamed by these companies taking over this planet, soon, all the animals that make this eco system wonderful will soon be lost, and it is scary