There will be nothing left: a supercomputer predicted the sad future of the Earth

Scientists from the University of Bristol (UK) used a supercomputer to simulate the future of the Earth. The machine predicted mass extinction mammals approximately 250 million years later. Study The journal Nature Geoscience published this.

Climate change will lead to another catastrophe on the planet. Moreover, the current global warming will affect this only slightly. Global processes that do not depend on human activity will be much more dangerous.

Thus, modeling showed that in the future all continents will merge into one - Pangea Ultima.

At the same time, an increase in the brightness of the aging Sun and an increase in volcanic activity due to the movement of continents will increase the intensity of solar radiation (by 2.5%) and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (by 1.5 times). As a result, this will lead to the formation of an extremely hot and humid climate.

The average surface temperature of Pangea Ultima will be approximately +40 °C (currently +15 °C). Under such conditions, only 8% of the land will remain suitable for life. At the same time, an even worse scenario cannot be ruled out: the temperature will rise to +50 °C, all plants on the planet will die and photosynthesis will stop, which will lead to the complete extinction of mammals.