Future of Earth

Future of Earth

This site tells the story of the history of the universe. Click Earlier and Later to follow the story.
Note: Many facts have been simplified to make them easier to understand.
Our new free weekly podcast Time Crystal tells this story as sci-fi fantasy

There will be changes affecting the Earth itself. In a few million years continental drift will change the map of the world. Antarctica will move away from the south pole and weathering will wear down the mountains. Together these changes will probably bring the present ice age to an end. Between ice ages the weather is warm all over the world and the continents are flat and largely covered by warm shallow seas.

Perhaps, in 250 million years, another ice age will begin.

The Earth will be destroyed when the Sun changes into a red giant, in about 4 billion years from now.

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