Microbes to be ‘last survivors’ on future Earth

From an article by Rebecca Morelle, Science reporter, BBC World Service:

Extremophile
The last surviving creatures on Earth will be tiny organisms living deep underground, according to scientists.

Researchers used a computer model to assess our planet’s fate billions of years from now.

They found that as the Sun becomes hotter and brighter, only microbes would be able cope with the extreme conditions that the solar changes would bring.

 


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