Event Years temp co2
Big Bang -13,800,000,000    
Stars -13,600,000,000    
Sun -4,600,000,000    
Earth -4,540,000,000 +2000  
Moon -4,510,000,000 +200  
Water -4,412,000,000    
Life in water -4,200,000,000    
DNA/RNA -3,800,000,000    
Magnetic Field -3,700,000,000    
Life on land -3,200,000,000    
Photosynthesis -3,000,000,000    
Viruses -3,000,000,000    
Oxygen -2,400,000,000    
Eukaryote, sexual reproduction -2,000,000,000    
Multicellular -1,600,000,000    
Fungi, animals and plants split -1,500,000,000    
Animals -890,000,000    
Sponges -660,000,000 +15  
Cambrian Explosion, complex life -541,000,000 +14  
Fish -530,000,000 +12  
Vertebrate -520,000,000    
Land Plant -500,000,000    
1st mass extinction (ice swings) -443,000,000   800
Trees -385,000,000 +8 1600
Tetrapods -375,000,000 +6  
2nd extinction (plants, cooling) -359,000,000 -4 200
Reptile -310,000,000 -2 400
3rd extinction (volcanos, warming) -252,000,000 +10 1000
Start of oil formation -252,000,000 +10  
Mammal -250,000,000 +6  
Dinosaur -230,000,000 +4  
4th extinction (volcanos, warming) -201,000,000 +4 1000
Bird -150,000,000 +4 800
Flowers -130,000,000 +4  
Grass -70,000,000 +10  
5th extinction (asteroid, cooling) -66,000,000 +10 400
Primate -55,000,000 +12 1000
Horses, whales, bats -50,000,000 +12 1000
Continents in current shape -40,000,000 +6 900
Monkeys split from Apes -25,000,000 +5 600
Bipeds -7,000,000 +3 350
Stone tool -3,300,000 0  
Homo -2,800,000 0  
Language -2,000,000 0  
Fire -1,700,000 0  
Homo erectus in China, Indonesia -1,000,000 -2 180
Hut with central fire -400,000 0 280
Homo sapiens -280,000 -2 220
Clothes -120,000 2 200
Last glaciation starts -117,000 -4  
Burials -100,000 -4  
Fishing -97,000 -4  
Figurative art -42,000 -4  
Cave paintings -35,000 -4  
Mathematical signs -22,000 -4.3  
Last glaciation ends -12,000 -4  
Dogs domestication -11,000 -3  
Oldest building (Tell Qaramel) -10,600    
Agriculture -10,000 -1.5  
4 million humans -10,000 -1.5  
Cattle domestication -8,500 -1  
City Jericho (Palestine) -7,500 -1  
Çatalhöyük city (Turkey) -6,000 0  
First civilisation (Sumer) -5,500 0  
Uruk city (Iraq) -5,000 +0.5  
Proto indo-european languages -4,500 +0.5  
Stonehenge -4,200 +0.5  
Wheel -4,100 +0.5  
Horses domestication -4,000 +0.5  
Ur city (Iraq, 100k people) -3,800 +0.5  
Writings -3,500 +0.5  
Egyptian New Kingdom -1,500 0  
Money -1,000 0  
Athenian democracy -600 0  
50 millions humans -500 0  
Buddha -400 0  
Jesus Christ 0 0  
Pompeii 79 0  
Muhammad 570 0  
University 1,088 0  
Black death (50% europeans die) 1,346 0  
Renaissance 1,350 0  
Capitalism 1,400 -0.5  
Printing 1,440 -0.5  
Theory of Heliocentricism 1,543 -0.5  
Theory of Gravitation, motion laws 1,700 -0.5  
First industrial revolution 1,760 -0.5  
1 billion humans 1,804 -0.5  
Theory of Evolution 1,859 -0.5  
Electric light bulb 1,840 -0.5 280
Second industrial revolution 1,870 -0.5  
Theory of Global Warming 1,896 -0.5  
Theory of Quantum Mechanics 1,900 -0.4  
Airplanes 1,901 -0.4  
World War I 1,914 -0.4  
Theory of General Relativity 1,915 -0.4  
Industrial fertilisers 1,923 -0.4  
Theory of Big Bang 1,927 -0.4  
World War II 1,939 -0.2  
Theory of Information 1,948 -0.2  
Theory of Plate Tectonics 1,965 -0.2 320
Computer (ENIAC) 1,943 -0.1  
Nuclear plant (Obninsk) 1,954 0  
Moon landing 1,969 +0.1 322
Meadows’ “The Limits To Growth” 1,972 +0.1  
Internet 1,983 +0.1 355
5 billions humans 1,987 +0.2  
Kyoto protocol 1,997 +0.2  
Human genome mapped 2,003 +0.3  
Mars landing (Curiosity) 2,012 +0.5 380
8 billions humans 2,022 +1 420
80% of energy mix is hydrocarbons 2,025 +1.2 427
Agriculture uses 45% of land 2,025 +1.2 427
CO2 427ppm (vs 280ppm up to 1850) 2,025 +1.2 427
85% wild mammals lost vs pre-humans 2,025 +1.2 427
30% N. American birds lost in last 50 years 2,025 +1.2 427
70% insects lost in last 30 years 2,025 +1.2 427
1-2% insects biomass die each year 2,025 +1.2 427
90% coral reefs dead 2,050 +2 600
10.4 billions humans 2,080 +3  
Depleted Fossil fuel reserves 2,100 +4 850
6th mass extinction (by humans) 2,200 +5  
Magnetic field flipped 3,000    
Gamma Cephei star replaces Polaris 3,200    
Greenland ice sheet fully melted 7,000    
Lifespan of Norway’s seed vault 10,000    
Next glaciation start, if any 13,000 -8  
Earth axe tilts, seasons swap 17,000 -8  
Chernobyl habitable again 20,000 -8  
Eroded Niagara falls 50,000 -8  
Unrecognisable constellations 100,000 -8  
Next glaciation ends, if any 113,000 -8  
Glass objects decomposed 1,000,000    
Coral reefs recover 2,000,000    
Life recovers from 6th extinction 10,000,000    
Mediterranean basin closed 50,000,000    
Sun 1% brighter every 10^8 years 100,000,000    
New supercontinent 300,000,000    
Fossil fuel fully replenished 400,000,000    
C3 Photosynthesis ends (lack of CO2) 600,000,000    
Much of Earth land is a desert 700,000,000    
End of multicellular life 900,000,000    
Ocean evaporated 1,100,000,000    
Eukaryotic life dies 1,300,000,000    
Atmosphere, magnetosphere end 3,500,000,000    
End of all life (too hot) 3,800,000,000 130  
Milky way and Andromeda merge 5,000,000,000    
Sun becomes red giant 5,400,000,000    
Earth falls into sun 7,600,000,000    
Sun becomes white dwarf 8,000,000,000    
Most galaxies are beyond horizon 125,000,000,000    
Universe 100 million times bigger 325,000,000,000    
Universe peak habitability 10,000,000,000,000    
Star formation ends 100,000,000,000,000    
Last star dies 120,000,000,000,000    
Only black hole matter remain 10^43    
Supermassive black holes decay 10^91    
Universe is pure vacuum 10^10^76    
Heat death of the universe 10^10^120    
Time needed for quantum new big bang 10^10^10^56    

Made in 2024