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Earth’s oxygen will be gone in 1 billion years – EarthSky
A billion years from now, as the sun heats up, the warmer atmosphere will break down carbon dioxide, killing off plant life, which in turn will shut off Earth’s…
The oxygen currently in Earth’s atmosphere will be gone in a billion years, say scientists. This image of Earth’s atmosphere was taken from the International Space Station on February 26, 2021. Image via NASA.
Take a deep breath. The air expanding your chest is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, the chief components of our atmosphere. Oxygen exists in our atmosphere thanks to the exhalation of plants, through the process of photosynthesis. A study released in March 2021 shows that – a billion years from…
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