EARTH'S DISTANT FUTURE: A BILLION YEARS HENCE

Imagine the world roughly one billion years from today. The sun, already expanded into a red enormous phase, will surely have swallowed Mercury and Venus, and this world’s trajectory will be considerably closer to the sun. Oceanic waters, once evaporated due to the increased radiative flux, could

Looking into the distance, a million years from now presents a challenging picture for Earth. The Sun will slowly expand into a red giant, initially consuming Mercury and Venus. Our World itself may escape this immediate destruction, but the increased starlight output will render the surface unin