• Did you know
that only 2% of the water here on Earth is
potable? It can be found on the North and South
Pole.
• The expanding of the Sun into a red giant in about 5 billion years. It will engulf the inner planets and kill all life on Earth.
• Theoretically, if even one type of life form was left on the earth (cockroaches say, after a nuclear war) evolution would kick in and they would evolve in different forms to take advantage of the new "ecological niches", or gaps, left by the destruction of everything else alive.
• The hottest place on Earth can be found on El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 -- the hottest ever measured.
• The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth can be found on
Vostok , Antarctica, on July 21, 1983. 129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius)
• The San Andreas fault, which runs north-south, is slipping at a rate of about 2 inches (5 centimeters) per year, causing Los Angeles to move towards San Francisco. Scientists forecast LA will be a suburb of the City by the Bay in about 15 million years.
• Because the planet rotates and is more flexible than you might imagine, it bulges at the midsection, creating a sort of pumpkin shape. The bulge was lessening for centuries but now, suddenly, it is growing, a recent study showed. Accelerated melting of Earth's glaciers is taking the blame for the gain in equatorial girth.
• The expanding of the Sun into a red giant in about 5 billion years. It will engulf the inner planets and kill all life on Earth.
• Theoretically, if even one type of life form was left on the earth (cockroaches say, after a nuclear war) evolution would kick in and they would evolve in different forms to take advantage of the new "ecological niches", or gaps, left by the destruction of everything else alive.
• The hottest place on Earth can be found on El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 -- the hottest ever measured.
• The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth can be found on
Vostok , Antarctica, on July 21, 1983. 129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius)
• The San Andreas fault, which runs north-south, is slipping at a rate of about 2 inches (5 centimeters) per year, causing Los Angeles to move towards San Francisco. Scientists forecast LA will be a suburb of the City by the Bay in about 15 million years.
• Because the planet rotates and is more flexible than you might imagine, it bulges at the midsection, creating a sort of pumpkin shape. The bulge was lessening for centuries but now, suddenly, it is growing, a recent study showed. Accelerated melting of Earth's glaciers is taking the blame for the gain in equatorial girth.