What If the Earth Lost Oxygen for Just 5 Seconds?

[Music] most of us can go without it for about a half a minute before our body demands a breath of this gas today it's what would happen if earth lost oxygen for five seconds I think we'd all hold our breath like this but there's actually more to it [Music] 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 a half a minute before our body demands a breath of this gas by the way the record time for a person voluntarily holding their breath is more than 24 minutes Wow can you imagine what would happen to our planet if oxygen disappeared for just five seconds we bet the consequences are much worse than you'd ever dreamed if earth lost oxygen for even a short period of time the results would be disastrous see for yourself number one the crust of the planet would crumble the earth beneath your feet would start to crack until it turned into dust this would continue until there was nothing to stand on that's because Earth's crust is 45% oxygen so if this gas disappeared you'd experience freefall because there would be no more ground number two most people would suffer from hearing loss yes you're hearing depends on oxygen to be exact it's not hearing itself but the organ your ability to hear depends on your eardrum if oxygen were to disappear suddenly it would cause a loss of more than 20% of air pressure that's similar to ascending from sea level to a height of 330 feet in one second such a difference between altitudes won't allow your eardrums to acclimate to the pressure changes if oxygen suddenly disappeared you'd be shot by berra trauma which typically occurs with a sharp change of pressure have your ears ever become blocked when your plane was gaining height or when you were scuba diving with no oxygen you'd feel something like this but much stronger and much more painful your inner ear would simply explode this would most likely lead to loss of hearing but da number three people relaxing in the Sun would get terrible burns what protects you from the UV rays coming from the Sun this hero in the gas called ozone which traps UV before it enters the troposphere but a zone consists of three molecules of oxygen o 3 so if oxygen disappeared have you ever imagined living in a grill that's what life on earth would be like without oxygen number 4 water reservoirs would begin to evaporate immediately water contains two ingredients one part or 33% oxygen and two parts hydrogen if there were no oxygen water would instantly become gaseous due to the main state of hydrogen in fact hydrogen is the lightest chemical on the periodic scale that's why it would just go up to the troposphere and then leak out into space as you can see without oxygen our green planet would become an extremely dry desert in less than 5 seconds number five all concrete constructions would fall to pieces this may sound surprising but structures made from concrete need oxygen to stay rigid it's a crucial binder that keeps them together if oxygen disappeared all buildings bridges and roads made of concrete would simply fall apart ha having fun yet number 6 untreated metals would weld together the main reason why metals don't become welded when they come into contact with each other is the layer of oxidation they are coated with when placed in a vacuum metals weld even without the liquid phase that is necessary in other cases this fact is taken advantage of in cold welding if there were no oxygen metals would fuse together in the blink of an eye number 7 cars with internal combustion engines wouldn't work vehicles that rely on internal combustion engines to burn fuel and move in fact all vehicles except electric cars would stop working they all need oxygen to allow the process of combustion to occur without oxygen cars would stop dead in their tracks and airplanes and helicopters would drop down to the ground from the sky number eight the day would become as dark as night the surface of our planet receives sunlight after its particles are reflected off particles contained in the air such as air impurities dust and most importantly oxygen molecules if there were no oxygen molecules in the air there would be fewer particles for the light to bounce off that's why the sky would look extremely dark almost black there would be light but it wouldn't look like what we're used to rays of Sun coming from everywhere it would seem as if the light was coming from a point source number nine every gas fired boiler or power generator would go out and so would fires all gas fired equipment and fires would immediately go out gas needs oxygen to burn the same can be said about fire when you burn something you start a reaction of this material with oxygen so in other words fire is the byproduct of this reaction so no oxygen no fire number ten people wouldn't notice any changes in terms of breathing ah you would be shocked by millions of cars stopping everywhere planes falling from the sky the ground crumbling away and buildings turning to dust but at the same time your body wouldn't notice a lack of oxygen people start suffocating only when there's a high level of carbon dioxide in their blood not a deficiency of oxygen so what would happen after these five seconds when oxygen appeared in the atmosphere again surprise we're back there would be a huge and terrifying explosion this would occur due to the oxidation of all the seas and oceans and all other bodies of water on our planet earth would probably become incredibly cold for several seconds after this explosion you can see that oxygen is irreplaceable when it comes to supporting life but are there other uses for this gas besides the one we have already mentioned I have no doubt oxygen is used by hospitals doctors can enrich gashes and aesthetics with oxygen to increase the chances of a patient survival oxygen is used to clean wastewater workers at treatment plants have recently started using pure oxygen in its gaseous state oxygen has become a means of recreation have you tried pure oxygen or perhaps its flavored alternative in a special oxygen bar such cocktails are believed to reduce stress and improve your mood oxygen can cool you down in its liquid state oxygen is widely used as a coolant for example it cools rocket systems there is also commercial oxygen coolants that cater to the average consumer pneumatic systems also use oxygen compressed oxygen is cheap and effective if you've ever used pneumatic drills paint sprayers and riveters you're acquainted with it scientists use oxygen as an ecological indicator for instance they can study the oxygen content of a water reservoir and determine how healthy its ecosystem is so what consequence of oxygen disappearance seems the most terrifying do tell us in the comments below remember to give this video a like and subscribe to our Channel [Music] this way you'll always be on the bright side of life

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Length: 9min 27sec (567 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 22 2018