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Abandoned Space Colonies - How Worlds Can Unterraform Themselves

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Colonies won’t always last forever—sometimes planets revert, habitats decay, and entire worlds are left in ruins. Join us as we examine the life cycle of abandoned space settlements.

Watch my exclusive video The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Extinction Cycles: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-the-fermi-paradox-civilization-extinction-cycles

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur

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Use the link https://gift.nebula.tv/isaacarthur to give a year of Nebula to a friend for just $36.

Grab one of our new SFIA mugs and make your morning coffee a little more futuristic — available now on our Fourthwall store! https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/

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Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur

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Abandoned Space Colonies - How Worlds Can Unterraform Themselves

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

Music Courtesy of Aerium, Stellardrone, Chris Zabriskie, and Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Chapters

0:00 Intro

4:13 Why Colonies Fail

9:31 Ecological Collapse in Non-Earth Environments

12:39 Case Study – Kaluga-4, Oxygen Depletion

14:34 Unterraforming – How a World Reverts or Mutates

16:45 Abandonment Timelines

19:08 Case Study – Proxima B

22:00 Nebula

Restoration & Resettlement

23:43 Case Study – Valhalla

25:22 System-Level Context

29:05 Long-Term Patterns in a Galactic Civilization

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Colonies won’t always last forever—sometimes planets revert, habitats decay, and entire worlds are left in ruins. Join us as we examine the life cycle of abandoned space settlements.

Watch my exclusive video The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Extinction Cycles: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-the-fermi-paradox-civilization-extinction-cycles

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur

Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=isaacarthur

Use the link https://gift.nebula.tv/isaacarthur to give a year of Nebula to a friend for just $36.

Grab one of our new SFIA mugs and make your morning coffee a little more futuristic — available now on our Fourthwall store! https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/

Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net

Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur

Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content.

SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE

Credits:

Abandoned Space Colonies - How Worlds Can Unterraform Themselves

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

Music Courtesy of Aerium, Stellardrone, Chris Zabriskie, and Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Chapters

0:00 Intro

4:13 Why Colonies Fail

9:31 Ecological Collapse in Non-Earth Environments

12:39 Case Study – Kaluga-4, Oxygen Depletion

14:34 Unterraforming – How a World Reverts or Mutates

16:45 Abandonment Timelines

19:08 Case Study – Proxima B

22:00 Nebula

Restoration & Resettlement

23:43 Case Study – Valhalla

25:22 System-Level Context

29:05 Long-Term Patterns in a Galactic Civilization

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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