I hope it will last forever but i doubt it.
2007-09-15 18:18:15 · 10 answers · asked by Jang wook 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Earth ,as we know it was born out of big bang.
As things stand unless there is a massive hit from Asteroids the earth will last well into next millenniums.but the earth would be not be the same as we live today.
The cause of concern is what will be the state of earth be like?
It could be a planet with very less tree cover,Dead oceans with no oxygen to support life as seen in some parts of Gulf of Mexico,or a near total destruction of animal life as is evident of slow extinction of species.
And finally all the global warming will bring down all the water of Arctic's to submerge the lands & drying up of plains fed by glaciers& drying up of lakes as we see what happened to lake Chad in africa.
If one were to look into a map of say 50 years from now it would be a very diffrent from what we see today. because the earth would not be the same as we live today.
2007-09-15 19:12:36 · answer #1 · answered by giridhar m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer rely's on the sun. The sun is 4.5 billion years old. And is half way through its life cycle. Granted that the Earth is not struck by an object in space...in 4.5 Billion years when the Sun becomes a red giant, it will swell to the reaches of Jupiter, engulfing the Earth and it is game over. Of course i don't expect civilization to last that long. I think humans have maybe 100 million - 1 billion years left before we are wiped out and a new species becomes dominant. well....that didnt sound very cheery, did it. lol
2007-09-16 02:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by Kyle F 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Long after all of us. Even after the race of evil robots who will destroy mankind have gone extinct, the Earth will still be here, turning and turning.
It will be around for another 4 billion years, which is about the time the Sun, far into its red giant phase, will vaporize it.
2007-09-16 01:26:46 · answer #3 · answered by stork5100 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the planet itself, life or no life, could last tens or even hundreds of billions of years, because even the Sun in its future Red Giant stage will not "vaporize" the planet. The sun will become a dwarf star with a lifetime of tens of billions of years, but even after it becomes exhausted, the Earth as a cold planet could continue to drift in the galaxy, until finally possibly in the unimaginably remote future it falls into a supermassive black hole.
2007-09-16 01:55:32 · answer #4 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If we can rule out war, global warming and other internal factors, the earth will cease to exist for one of the following reasons:
*Asteroid/Comet Collision - ??? years
*The Death of The Sun - 1 to 5 Billion years
*The Apocolypse - Only God knows
2007-09-16 01:29:16 · answer #5 · answered by Carefree Alpaca! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
as long as the sun could still sustain life on earth. and as long as no meteors hit the the earth.
2007-09-16 04:05:29 · answer #6 · answered by mom@oneeight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a lump of matter it should last pretty much forever, held together by its own gravity.
2007-09-16 01:25:05 · answer #7 · answered by quicksilv3rflash 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Far longer than mankind's present civilization
2007-09-16 01:31:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
PROBABLE PAST NEXT FRIDAY
2007-09-16 01:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by ron s 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Until God decides it's finished. He created it and only He will be able to end it.
2007-09-16 01:24:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋