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This is a timeline of the Universe from the Big Bang to the heat death scenario. The different eras of the universe are shown. The heat death will occur in around 1.7×10 106 years, if protons decay. [citation needed]
1911 – 41,072 deaths were reported during a heat wave in France. 1913 – in July, the hottest heat wave ever struck California. During this heat wave, Death Valley recorded a record high temperature of 57 °C (134 °F) at Furnace Creek, which still remains the highest ambient air temperature recorded on Earth. [6] [7]
The heat death of the universe (also known as the Big Chill or Big Freeze) [1] [2] is a hypothesis on the ultimate fate of the universe, which suggests the universe will evolve to a state of no thermodynamic free energy, and will therefore be unable to sustain processes that increase entropy.
That heat-related death rate has increased dramatically compared to the early 2000s, regardless of age or population size. The upward trajectory appears to be sharpening recently. In 2022, 1,722 ...
This sobering statistic underscores a 117 percent surge in heat-related deaths since 1999, with over 20,000 lives claimed by blistering temperatures over the past two decades.
Graphical timeline of the universe. Timeline uses linear time. Heat death of the universe; List of other end scenarios than Heat Death; 1 E19 s and more; Second law of thermodynamics; Ultimate fate of the Universe; The Last Question, story by Isaac Asimov which considers the oncome of heat death in the universe and how it may be reversed.
From 1999-2023, the Journal of American Medical Association recorded 21,518 deaths where heat was either the underlying cause or the contributing cause of death, likely an underestimation, they say.
The heat-related death rate in the U.S. (heat being either an underlying or a contributing cause) has increased since the mid 2010s. [4]Between 1979 and 2014, the death rate as a direct result of exposure to heat (underlying cause of death) generally hovered around 0.5 to 1 deaths per million people, with spikes in certain years.