Scientist claims we should MOVE the Earth away from the sun - here's how his wacky idea could work

[Elderberry]

By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline 6/10/2023

EXCLUSIVE: Is THIS the solution to global warming? Scientist claims we should MOVE the Earth away from the sun - here's how his wacky idea could really work

•  Expert proposes shifting Earth about 3 million miles further away from the sun

•  He thinks we should use an asteroid to speed up Earth's orbit so it spirals away

•  Ambitious plan may involve nudging an asteroid much like NASA's DART mission

Astronomers know full well that the sun is very slowly getting brighter, and in a billion or so years time it will make Earth too hot to live on.

One scientist is now proposing a radical solution that will let humans live on this planet for longer – physically moving it away from the sun.

Albert Zijlstra, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Manchester, suggests shifting Earth further back from the sun by about three million miles.

At the moment, Earth is orbiting the sun at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million km) but this needs to extended to at least 96 million miles (155 million km), he says.

This movement would extend a year to 380 days, meaning we'd have to insert an extra 15 days into a calendar year somewhere.

'Earth will get warmer, and warmer – best estimates are that in one or two billion years, the oceans will begin to boil away,' Professor Zijlstra told MailOnline.

'Shortly after we will be like Venus, with temperatures of several hundred Celsius, so we will have to move before that happens.

'In order to make the living world last for longer than one billion years, we need to move a few million kilometers away from the sun.'

More: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12165975/Is-solution-global-warming-Scientist-claims-Earth-away-sun.html

[Smokin Joe]

The world will do just fine. The idea that humans will still be here a million years from now seems less likely, with a multitude of different possibilities for the reason(s).

I'd be a wee bit less worried if the cultures were not so seemingly insistent on committing industrial and biological suicide.

Other critters will adapt to changing climate the way they always have, by moving their range, by adapting to the temperatures, or dying out.

[Idiot]

By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline 6/10/2023

EXCLUSIVE: Is THIS the solution to global warming? Scientist claims we should MOVE the Earth away from the sun - here's how his wacky idea could really work

•  Expert proposes shifting Earth about 3 million miles further away from the sun

•  He thinks we should use an asteroid to speed up Earth's orbit so it spirals away

•  Ambitious plan may involve nudging an asteroid much like NASA's DART mission

Astronomers know full well that the sun is very slowly getting brighter, and in a billion or so years time it will make Earth too hot to live on.

One scientist is now proposing a radical solution that will let humans live on this planet for longer – physically moving it away from the sun.

Albert Zijlstra, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Manchester, suggests shifting Earth further back from the sun by about three million miles.

At the moment, Earth is orbiting the sun at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million km) but this needs to extended to at least 96 million miles (155 million km), he says.

This movement would extend a year to 380 days, meaning we'd have to insert an extra 15 days into a calendar year somewhere.

'Earth will get warmer, and warmer – best estimates are that in one or two billion years, the oceans will begin to boil away,' Professor Zijlstra told MailOnline.

'Shortly after we will be like Venus, with temperatures of several hundred Celsius, so we will have to move before that happens.

'In order to make the living world last for longer than one billion years, we need to move a few million kilometers away from the sun.'

More: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12165975/Is-solution-global-warming-Scientist-claims-Earth-away-sun.html

What could possibly go wrong?  Jesus will return before this, so it won't matter anyway.

[roamer_1]

The world will do just fine. The idea that humans will still be here a million years from now seems less likely, with a multitude of different possibilities for the reason(s).

Foremost of which being the machinations of idiots like this. 

[Smokin Joe]

Just a reminder:
New Climate Model Accurately Predicts Millions of Years of Ice Ages

https://www.universetoday.com/161458/new-climate-model-accurately-predicts-millions-of-years-of-ice-ages/

Based on axial tilt variations, the model predicted the last 1 million years plus of Ice Ages and warm periods. It's natural, folks.

[Kamaji]