A report by a team of leading astronomers in May 2008 seems to have
finally put to rest an age old question... What is the ultimate fate of
planet Earth? Traditionally, the prevailing view has been that billions
of years in the future the aging Sun would loosen its gravitational
grip on the planet and allow it to escape a fiery demise. The sobering
reality is quite different and the clock is now ticking for our beloved
home planet. Along with a team of leading scientists carrying out
pioneering research in fields of biology, climatology, geology and
astronomy, Naked Science goes on a quest to investigate what the future
holds for planet Earth... and throws up some shocking surprises. Great
supercontinents will form and fragment with lethal consequences, the
oceans will turn red before floating away into space, plants and
animals will be wiped from Earth before finally, all life will be
extinguished forever.
Using cutting edge scientific models that can make predictions not just
thousands but million and even billions of years into the future, we
can now more than ever see how the forces of nature will conspire to
bring about the Death of the Earth.