What If the Earth Lost Oxygen for Just 5 Seconds?
How Long Can You Survive without Oxygen? You live, work, sleep, eat, and have fun without giving a second thought to the miraculous substance that makes it all possible: oxygen. Most of us can go without it for about half a minute before our body demands a breath of this gas. Can you imagine what would happen to our planet if oxygen disappeared for just 5 seconds? Spoiler: the results would be disastrous.
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The crust of the planet would crumble.1:11
Most people would suffer from hearing loss. 1:38
People relaxing in the sun would get terrible burns. 2:47
Water reservoirs would begin…
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