Moving the Earth: a planetary survival guide

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At flytte jorden kræver en del - sikkert også GIS?
/Sik

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Moving the Earth takes a lot of work - and probably some GIS too?
/Sik

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The clock is ticking inexorably toward doomsday even if we don't kill ourselves by poisoning the environment oroverheating the planet. You see, there's a little problem with the Sun.

The Sun is slowly getting warmer as it burns the hydrogen in its core. In about 5 billion years, the Sun will begin evolving into a bloated red giant. Its outer gas shell will swell up, engulfing the Earth by the time it reaches its peak size and brightness 7 billion years from now.

But long before that, in 1.1 billion years, the Sun will grow 11% brighter, raising average terrestrial temperatures to around 50 °C (120 °F). That will warm the oceans so much that they evaporate without boiling, like a pan of water left on a sunny kitchen counter.

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Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn14983&print=true

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