Name: 這就是未來十億年將發生的事情 (This Is What Will Happen in the Next Billion Years)
Uploaded: 2025-06-17T17:45:00.000Z
Duration: 7 min 44 s

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Humanity has been around for about 200,000 years and has experienced a massive amount of change already.

人類已經存在了約 20 萬年，經歷了巨大的變化。

From our starting point in Africa, we've managed to colonize the entire world at this point and even reached as far away as the moon.

從非洲開始，我們已經成功地殖民了整個世界，甚至到達了遙遠的月球。

The Bering land bridge that once connected Asia and North America with one another has long since been submerged beneath the ocean.

曾經連接亞洲和北美洲的白令陸橋早已淹沒在汪洋大海之中。

So if humanity exists for another billion years, then what additional changes or events can we reasonably expect to happen?

那麼，如果人類再存在 10 億年，我們還能合理地預期會發生哪些變化或事件呢？

Well, starting at about 10,000 years into the future, we will encounter the year 10,000 problem.

那麼，從未來大約 1 萬年開始，我們將遇到 1 萬年問題。

Software that encodes the AD calendar year as a four-digit decimal will no longer be able to encode dates starting at 10,000 AD.

將公元日曆年編碼為四位小數的軟件將無法再編碼公元 10 000 年開始的日期。

It will be a real Y10K, and in addition, if current trends of globalization continues, then human genetic variation will no longer be regionalized by this point, meaning that all human genetic traits like skin color and hair color will be evenly distributed across the world.

這將是真正的 Y10K，此外，如果目前的全球化趨勢繼續下去，那麼到那時，人類的基因變異將不再具有區域性，也就是說，人類的所有基因特徵，如膚色和髮色，都將在全世界均勻分佈。

In 20,000 years from now, future languages will only contain one out of every 100 core vocabulary words of their present-day counterparts.

兩萬年後，未來的語言將只包含現在語言每 100 個核心詞彙中的一個。

Essentially, no modern language will be recognizable by this point.

從根本上說，到那時，任何現代語言都將無法辨認。

In 50,000 years, Earth will enter into another glacial period regardless of current global warming effects.

5 萬年後，無論目前的全球變暖效應如何，地球都將進入另一個冰川期。

Niagara Falls will have completely eroded away into Lake Erie and cease to exist, and due to glacial rebound and erosion, the many lakes of the Canadian Shield will also cease to exist.

尼亞加拉大瀑布將被完全侵蝕到伊利湖中，不復存在。由於冰川反彈和侵蝕，加拿大地盾的許多湖泊也將不復存在。

Also, one full day on Earth will have increased by one full second, requiring a leap second to be added to every day.

此外，地球上的一天將增加一整秒，是以每天都需要增加一個閏秒。

In 100,000 years from now, the stars and constellations visible from Earth will be completely different than they are from today.

10 萬年後，從地球上看到的恆星和星座將與今天完全不同。

Also, this is the estimated amount of time that it would take to fully terraform Mars into a habitable planet similar to the Earth.

此外，這也是將火星完全改造成與地球類似的宜居星球所需的估計時間。

In 250,000 years, the Loihi Volcano will rise above the surface and form a new island in the Hawaiian island chain.

25 萬年後，洛伊希火山將升出地表，在夏威夷島鏈中形成一個新的島嶼。

In 500,000 years from now, Earth will have likely been struck by an asteroid measuring one kilometer in diameter unless humanity artificially prevents it.

從現在開始的 50 萬年後，地球很可能會被一顆直徑一公里的小行星撞擊，除非人類人為地阻止它。

Additionally, the Badlands National Park in South Dakota will have completely eroded away by this point.

此外，南達科他州的荒地國家公園也將在此時被完全侵蝕。

In 950,000 years, the Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is considered the best preserved meteorite impact crater on Earth, will have completely eroded away.

95 萬年後，亞利桑那州的隕石坑將被完全侵蝕，它被認為是地球上保存最完好的隕石撞擊坑。

In 1 million years, Earth will have likely experienced a super volcanic eruption large enough to erupt 3,200 cubic kilometers of ash, an event similar to the Toba super eruption 70,000 years ago that almost made humanity extinct.

100 萬年後，地球將可能經歷一次超級火山爆發，其規模足以噴發出 3 200 立方公里的火山灰，這一事件類似於 7 萬年前的鳥羽超級火山爆發，當時人類幾乎滅絕。

In addition, the star Beetlejuice will have exploded into a supernova by this point and the explosion will be easily visible from Earth even during the daytime.

此外，此時甲殼蟲恆星將爆炸成一顆超新星，即使在白天，從地球上也能很容易地看到爆炸。

In 2 million years, the Grand Canyon will have eroded even more significantly, slightly deepening, but it will mostly widen out into a large valley.

200 萬年後，大峽谷的侵蝕將更加嚴重，會略微加深，但大部分會拓寬成一個大峽谷。

If humanity has colonized different planets in the solar system and the universe by this point and the populations on each planet have remained separate from one another, then humanity will have likely evolved into various different species at this point.

如果此時人類已經在太陽系和宇宙中的不同星球上殖民，而每個星球上的人口仍然彼此分離，那麼此時人類很可能已經進化成各種不同的物種。

These different human species will be adapted to their different planets and may not be aware of the other human species located in the rest of the universe.

這些不同的人類物種將適應各自不同的星球，可能並不瞭解位於宇宙其他地方的其他人類物種。

In 10 million years, a large part of East Africa will split off from the rest of the continent.

1000 萬年後，東非的大部分地區將從非洲大陸的其他地區分裂出去。

A new ocean basin will form between the two sides and Africa will be divided into two separate land masses.

雙方之間將形成一個新的海洋盆地，非洲將被抽成兩塊獨立的陸地。

In 50 million years, Phobos, a moon of Mars, will collide with the planet causing massive destruction there.

5000 萬年後，火星的衛星火衛一將與火星相撞，造成巨大破壞。

Back on Earth, the remaining part of Africa will collide with Eurasia and close off the Mediterranean Sea forever.

回到地球上，非洲的剩餘部分將與歐亞大陸相撞，永遠封閉地中海。

A new mountain range similar in size to the Himalayas will form between the now-connected land masses and may possibly produce a mountain that is higher than Mount Everest.

在現在相連的陸塊之間，將形成一座與喜馬拉雅山大小相似的新山脈，並有可能產生一座比珠穆朗瑪峰還高的山峰。

In 60 million years, the Canadian Rockies will have completely eroded into a flat plain.

6000 萬年後，加拿大落基山脈將被完全侵蝕，變成一片平坦的平原。

In 80 million years from now, all of the Hawaiian Islands will have sunk back beneath the ocean and in 100 million years, the Earth will have likely been struck by an asteroid similar to the event that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

8000 萬年後，夏威夷群島將全部沉入海底；1 億年後，地球很可能被一顆小行星撞擊，類似於 6600 萬年前恐龍滅絕的事件。

Assuming, of course, that it isn't artificially prevented.

當然，前提是沒有人為地加以阻止。

In addition, at this point in the future, the rings around the planet Saturn will no longer exist.

此外，在未來的這一刻，土星周圍的星環將不復存在。

In 240 million years, Earth will have finally completed one full orbit around the galactic center from its current position.

2.4 億年後，地球將從目前的位置繞銀河系中心運行一圈。

In 250 million years, all of the continents on Earth will have fused together to form a supercontinent similar to Pangea.

2.5 億年後，地球上的所有大陸將融合在一起，形成一個類似於潘加大陸的超級大陸。

A possible name for this continent is Pangea Ultima, and it will probably look something sort of like this image.

這塊大陸可能被命名為 Pangea Ultima，它的外形可能與這張圖類似。

Then, in 400 to 500 million years, the supercontinent will break apart once again.

然後，在 4 到 5 億年後，超大陸將再次分裂。

In 500 to 600 million years, a deadly gamma-ray burst will likely occur within six and a half thousand light-years of Earth.

在 5 到 6 億年後，距離地球 65 萬光年的範圍內可能會發生致命的伽馬射線暴。

If conditions are right, or wrong, if you prefer, the burst could strike Earth and severely damage the ozone layer, which would cause a mass extinction event.

如果條件合適，或者如果你願意的話，條件不對，爆發可能會襲擊地球，嚴重破壞臭氧層，導致大滅絕事件。

In 600 million years, the moon will have moved far enough away from Earth that total solar eclipses will no longer be possible after this date.

6 億年後，月球將遠離地球，日全食將不再可能發生。

In addition, the Sun's increasing luminosity will cause severe effects on Earth.

此外，太陽光度的增加將對地球造成嚴重影響。

Plate tectonic movements will stop at this point, and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will decrease dramatically.

屆時，板塊構造運動將停止，大氣中的二氧化碳含量將急劇下降。

C3 photosynthesis will no longer be possible at this point, and 99% of current plant life on Earth will die.

到那時，C3 光合作用將不復存在，地球上 99% 的現有植物將死亡。

In 800 million years, carbon dioxide levels will have continued to fall to the point where C4 photosynthesis will no longer be possible.

8 億年後，二氧化碳含量將繼續下降，C4 光合作用將不再可能。

Free oxygen and ozone disappear from the atmosphere, and all complex life on Earth will die.

大氣中的自由氧和臭氧消失，地球上所有複雜的生命都將死亡。

Finally, in 1 billion years, the Sun's luminosity will have increased 10% from its current state.

最後，10 億年後，太陽的光度將比現在增加 10%。

The surface temperature on Earth will rise to a sweltering 47 degrees Celsius on average.

地球表面溫度將平均升至酷熱的 47 攝氏度。

The atmosphere will turn into a moist greenhouse, and the world's oceans will evaporate away.

大氣層將變成潮溼的溫室，世界海洋將蒸發殆盡。

Pockets of liquid water may still exist at the Earth's poles, however, which means that they will probably become the last bastion of life on our planet.

不過，地球兩極可能仍然存在液態水，這意味著它們很可能成為地球上最後的生命堡壘。

A lot will change over the course of a billion years, but a lot has changed in the last billion years as well.

在十億年的時間裡，很多東西都會發生變化，但在過去的十億年裡，也發生了很多變化。

In addition to the things that we've talked about in this video, who knows what else a billion years could bring?

除了我們在這段視頻中談到的內容，誰知道十億年還會帶來什麼？

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