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A study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres has pushed the upper limit for complex plant life to survive on Earth by hundreds of millions of years.
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A study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres has pushed the upper limit for complex plant life to survive on Earth by hundreds of millions of years.
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:58:00 GMT · 3h 19m ago
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three-dimensional (3D) general circulation models show that adaptable plants could live longer than previously estimated due to updated considerations of atmospheric circulation and cloud behavior.
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New research suggests complex plant life can endure for another 1.84 billion years under extreme solar heating, significantly extending previous estimates, though humans would be long gone before then.
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