How the brightening Sun could eventually kill Earth's plants

Plants may disappear as the Sun gets brighter

100–900 million years

As the Sun slowly gets brighter, changes on Earth may remove so much carbon dioxide from the air that today’s plants can no longer survive. Losing those plants would then reduce oxygen enough to make today’s animal life impossible.

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How the brightening Sun could eventually kill Earth's plants

Plants may disappear as the Sun gets brighter

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