End of World Has Already Begun, U of WA Scientists Say in Book 'The Life and Death of Planet Earth'

Boston.com via Drudge Report ^ | 1/13/03 | Ascribe Newswire

[NormsRevenge]

SEATTLE, Jan. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In its 4.5 billion years, Earth has evolved from its hot, violent birth to the celebrated watery blue planet that stands out in pictures from space. But in a new book, two noted University of Washington astrobiologists say the planet already has begun the long process of devolving into a burned-out cinder, eventually to be swallowed by the sun.

[ricpic]

"The sun gave life, and ultimately it will bring death."

It was just a little walk
in the warm Italian sun.
A walk in the warm
Italian sun.
O they came
across the sea
to sunny Italy
and took a little
walk in the sun.
They took a little
walk in the sun.

[Night Hides Not]

Now I know the reason why that 'Oz', 'Sex and the City', and the 'Sopranos' are completing/filming their final seasons!

All you other Freepers can worry about the next few hundred million years...I've gotta stay focused on April 15, 2003!

[Diana Rose]

Hey, I saw this on Babylon5. This is a repeat.

[kabar]

"That end is still some 7.5 billion years distant"

Whew!! For a minute I thought it was 7.5 million.

[Poohbah]

I told my wife that the world's going to end in 7.5 billion years.

She's still going to make me clean the bathrooms and the garage.

[TC Rider]

NY Times Headline:

World ending, women and minorities hurt worst

[OKSooner]

Carl Sagan lives.

[RightWhale]

presumptuous

Nah, Ward and Brownlee are both better than that.

[RightWhale]

Carl Sagan

The difference is that these scientists are right and Sagan was full of it.

[ErnBatavia]

Can we still invite people over for the Super Bowl or not?

Guess I'll pass on the Costco 'bulk pack' run this weekend.

[OBone]

''If we do begin to slide into the next glacial cycle,

But but what happened to global warming?

[headsonpikes]

Speaking of "devolving into a burned out cinder", SuperBowl parties! ;^)

[TightSqueeze]

The disappearance of our planet is still 7.5 billion years away, but...

I read the posting and am still confused, should I buy or sell stocks?

[OKSooner]

The difference is that these scientists are right and Sagan was full of it.

I can agree with at least half of that assessment.

[Eala]

Shower time...

Sounds vey series to me...

[smokinleroy]

''We live in a fabulous place at a fabulous time."

Man, I'm sure glad I was born before the world ended. I mean, where would I live and stuff?

[ErnBatavia]

grab your ankles and kiss your a$$ goodbye.

And give it a good liplock...just for luck.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

''The disappearance of our planet is still 7.5 billion years away,

Yeah, but if we enact Kyoto we could probably shave a few years off that total. Let's hurry!!

[Centurion2000]

The prospects of humans surviving by moving to some other habitable planet or moon aren't good, Brownlee and Ward contend, because even if such a place were found, getting there would be a huge obstacle.

Leave it to the biological retards to ignore things like ingenuity and technology for the survival of the species.

Need water, metal and hydrocarbons ? SATURN, asteroids and Titan can provide.

[Eala]

gloom 'n doom, gloom 'n doom.....the sky is falling

Ever spend a winter in Seattle...?