Nigh? The End Of The World Is Already Here

Independent (UK) ^ | 1-14-2003 | John von Radowitz

[blam]

Nigh? The end of the world is already here

By John von Radowitz
14 January 2003

The end of the world is not merely nigh – it has already begun. Earth has started the process of turning into a burnt-out cinder that will eventually be swallowed by the Sun, say the astrobiologists Donald Brownlee and Peter Ward of the University of Washington.

They calculate that Earth's "day in the sun" has reached 4.30am, corresponding to its age of 4.5 billion years. By 5am the billion-year reign of animals and plants will have ended. At 8am the oceans will vaporise. At noon – after 12 billion years – the expanding Sun will engulf the planet, melting away any evidence that it existed.

[blam]

We're all gonna die!!

[The Obstinate Insomniac]

End of World Has Already Begun, U of WA Scientists Say in Book 'The Life and Death of Planet Earth'
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Posted on 01/13/2003 4:05 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/822074/posts

[new cruelty]

are gonna get BLOWED up?

[genew]

We're all gonna die!!

yep

[rs79bm]

I don't care as long as Al Sharpton doesn't become President.

[anniegetyourgun]

And these people expect to maintain the U of WA as a credible education institution?

[SES1066]

Moronic science reporting alert - anybody think that they will be around in 500 MILLION YEARS? 500 million years ago the first fish vertebrates just got started. At that point either Humans will be totally extinct, totally different or totally gone from the Earth or any two of the three above. In other words - I'm really going to lose sleep on this, BIG TIME!

[cmsgop]

Remind me to Moon the University of Washington on the way to work on Tuesday........

[Jhoffa_]

Good!

I am sick of waiting.

I say do it right now and as a side benefit we won't have to tolerate another "Donahue"

[flynhghr]

The word's ending in 7.5 billion years? I better get started on my list of thing to do!

[Fury]

This sounds very series...

[deaconblues]

At noon – after 12 billion years – the expanding Sun will engulf the planet, melting away any evidence that it existed.

NOTE TO SELF: be sure to schedule an early lunch 12 Billion years from now so I won't miss the show!

[roballen]

Women and children hardest hit!

[Russell Scott]

Lets see, who should I believe, a couple of Academia's made out of crazy dirt, or God, who has been around FOREVER!

I think I'll take a chance and bet on God.

Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

[The Real Deal]

OH MY, The sky is falling!

[ConservativeLawyer]

This oughtta be a Fox News Alert!

[CarryaBigStick]

I think I'll start making travel plans now. But I won't be traveling by commercial carrier, what with the flight delays and all.

[Argus]

At 8am the oceans will vaporise. At noon – after 12 billion years – the expanding Sun will engulf the planet, melting away any evidence that it existed.

And my 18-year-old college student daughter will have slept through the whole thing.

[Anti-Bubba182]

I'M BACK!!!

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[GirlShortstop]

We're all gonna die!!

       I don't care as long as Al Sharpton doesn't become President.

    thank you for the laugh of the night!