The Comet
So the comet won't be back for 80,000 years!
By then, humans, if still existing, will be very different from us. Our civilization will be long gone. Global warming and ice ages, and probably major wars, will have come and gone, and if we still exist we will be very much changed. Perhaps we may have split into several sub-species, or one of those species may have taken over. It is very unlikely that the huge population of today will still exist. For a while, technology will keep us going, but a population crash is inevitable.
We are the last hominid species left. If we have gone, that is the end. Whether another intelligent species will arise is anybody's guess. (Perhaps the rat?)
Other species will have become extinct, or will have evolved in different ways. Maybe it will be a world in which only the insects survive, if a great natural or man-made disaster occurs. The problems of nuclear war, disasters like Chernobyl, or the disposal of nuclear waste may have affected all life on earth.
The planet itself will have changed. It seems likely that global warming will have raised the sea level. The tectonic plates will have moved a little, perhaps enough to cause major earthquakes and tsunamis. There will probably have been many volcanic eruptions. Here in New Zealand, it is likely that the Auckland area, for one, will have been the subject of volcanic activity.
Earth may have been hit by one or more asteroids. How that will affect the planet is unknown.
Yes, when that comet returns it will be a very different world. Let us hope that somehow a few of our descendants survive to see it.
By then, humans, if still existing, will be very different from us. Our civilization will be long gone. Global warming and ice ages, and probably major wars, will have come and gone, and if we still exist we will be very much changed. Perhaps we may have split into several sub-species, or one of those species may have taken over. It is very unlikely that the huge population of today will still exist. For a while, technology will keep us going, but a population crash is inevitable.
We are the last hominid species left. If we have gone, that is the end. Whether another intelligent species will arise is anybody's guess. (Perhaps the rat?)
Other species will have become extinct, or will have evolved in different ways. Maybe it will be a world in which only the insects survive, if a great natural or man-made disaster occurs. The problems of nuclear war, disasters like Chernobyl, or the disposal of nuclear waste may have affected all life on earth.
The planet itself will have changed. It seems likely that global warming will have raised the sea level. The tectonic plates will have moved a little, perhaps enough to cause major earthquakes and tsunamis. There will probably have been many volcanic eruptions. Here in New Zealand, it is likely that the Auckland area, for one, will have been the subject of volcanic activity.
Earth may have been hit by one or more asteroids. How that will affect the planet is unknown.
Yes, when that comet returns it will be a very different world. Let us hope that somehow a few of our descendants survive to see it.
posted by geopelia | 2:42 AM
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