Watching the End of the World

What would we see if we could journey through time, from Earth’s birth up to its death? Join us today on a voyage through time, from planetary creation to the blossoming of life, from the first civilizations to the planet’s ultimate demise.

This is the downloadable audio version of the YouTube video of the same name. Written & presented by Prof. David Kipping

::Notes::

► Disclaimer: Of course this is not exhaustive, many events are omitted in the interest of time. Predictions are based on current best estimates from the scientific literature and thus may be subject to change as our projections improve.

::Music::

All music used is licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) or via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

► My Unbelief by Hill licensed via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8128

► Ticking by Alternate Endings licensed via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/7404

► Painted Deserts by Shimmer licensed via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9913

► Always Dreaming by Caleb Etheridge via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/5534

► Arrival by Joachim Heinrich licensed under a CC Attribution license: https://joachimheinrich.bandcamp.com/track/arrival

► Horizon by Joachim Heinrich licensed under a CC Attribution license: https://joachimheinrich.bandcamp.com/track/horizon

► Reverence by Triad licensed via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/754

► Waking Up by Atlas licensed via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/3984

► Mountain by Stephen Keech via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/6704

► Cylinder Seven by Chris Zabriskie licensed under a CC Attribution license: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/

► It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn by Hill licensed via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/7441

► Fable by Stephen Keech licensed via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/6312

► Selha by Stephen Keech licensed via SS: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/7102

::Predictions are based on these peer-reviewed articles & references therein::

► O'Malley et al. (2012), "Swansong Biospheres: Refuges for life and novel microbial biospheres on terrestrial planets near the end of their habitable lifetimes", IJA 12, 99: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5721

► Caldeira & Kasting (1992), "The life span of the biosphere revisited", Nature 360, 721: https://www.nature.com/articles/360721a0

► Schröder & Connon Smith (2008), "Distant future of the Sun and Earth revisited", MNRAS 386, 155: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4031

► Lovelock & Whitfield (1982), "Life span of the biosphere", Nature 296, 561: https://www.nature.com/articles/296561a0