Scientists: Earth Could Actually Be Habitable For Another 2.3 Billion Years

Wired:

The Earth could be habitable for another 2.3 billion years, extending previous estimates of life's horizon by more than 1 billion years.

King Fai Li and his colleagues at Caltech hypothesize that Earth's atmospheric pressure has always varied, and that it could fall in the distant future, keeping Earth from frying for far longer than previous research had shown.

Read the whole story: Wired

Comments

[AtheistUS]

Of course in a few hundred years there may be already large number of humans living in artificial habitats in space rather than on Earth.

[booboo111]

In a billion years, the only survivor..­..........­..........­. Keith Richards, and maybe a couple of cockroaches.

[levibatgirl]

The poor rapture believing f00ls will be bitterly disappointed.

[hypnus]

Cockroaches will be in a bitter debate about global cooling, abortion, and the right to own a can of Raid.

[Ellyllon]

Whew!

[cactusgal]

We can all climb Joan Rivers' face up to Mars by then

[shaggyct]

Wow, that's a relief. I was planning an end of the world shopping spree, but I guess I can put it on hold for another couple of billion years.

[MrMojoRisin]

Hey! This means a Rolling Stones billionth anniversary tour.

[Gasparilla]

Then according to the bible, the earth will be 2.3 billion 6000 years old?

[Palemoon]

I think the most important part of the article is what is not said. The article does not say that mankind will still be here then. ;o)

[TheFriendlyAtheist]

In as little as 100 years man could be as much machine as bio- organism, so the real question is what kind of mankind, it any, will still be around.

[WTF1956]

Cool, looks like pre-paying for the Yankees- Sox home opener in April, 2,234,934,119 will pay off afetr all. I wonder if it's going to rain?

[Manx]

Newsflash: The earth will be habitable for another 2.5 billion years!

Whew! That's a relief.

[Mabo]

And the gullible public lap up these "facts" as these guys tell us this with a straight face...lol.

[lawrencemuh]

did they factor in North Korea nuclear threat into the equation?..that has to reduce it about by 20 billion...

[ramper]

I think my mortgage payment book covers that time period.