It could be the end of life on Earth as we know it: the atmosphere has a timeframe for its collapse

The questions we ask ourselves about what will happen to our planet in the future are still on the table and the intrigue is present. A study by NASA and Japan's Toho University has revealed that the atmosphere will lose its ability to sustain life as we know it today ina certain period of time. The study was led by two researchers, Kazumi Ozaki and Cristopher Reinhard.

This is what the study says that has revealed that the atmosphere will cease to be as we know it

The atmosphere, in approximately a billion years, could change forever. The study was carried out with advanced simulations and states that the warming of the Sun, which is happening slowly, could be the main cause of this, because when its luminosity rises, the temperature of the planet will increase, causing a drastic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.

CO2, which is key to photosynthesis, will fall, causing plants to stop producing oxygen and gradually disappear from our environment, something that is vital for humans and animal life, to the point that life becomes extinct, leaving only microorganisms capable of living without oxygen as survivors.

A gradual and irreversible process

This event will be gradual, but it will be totally irreversible, as the current atmosphere will be transformed into one that has no oxygen, resembling an atmosphere of billions of years ago, with an increase in methane and a deterioration of the ozone layer, something that will cause the toxicity of the air to increase and reduce protection against solar radiation. Our home could become a planet similar to Mars or Venus: totally arid and desert-like.