Man do I feel old!

Today I came across a BBC interactive that shows since the date of your birth, how your life has progressed. This is a cool website that allows anyone to investigate how the world around them has changed since they have been alive; from the amount the sea has risen, and the tectonic plates have moved, to the number of earthquakes and volcanoes that have erupted. It can help us to grasp the impact we've had on the planet in our lifetime; from how much fuel and food we've used to the species we've discovered and endangered. This is the story of your life on this beautiful blue planet.

For example, I was surprised by the following changes since my birth in 1960 (Man do I feel old!)

• My heart has beaten over 2 billion times
• I’ve travelled 432 trillion kms through the milky way (no wonder my head is spinning)
• There have been over 275 volcanic eruptions
• The North American tectonic plate has moved 2.7 m away from Europe
• Life expectancy has increased by 18.5 yrs
• Population has increased by 4.2 billion (was about 3 billion in 1960)
• Global sea level rise is 14 cm higher than 1960
• Global average temperature increased by 0.6 C
• How old I’ll be when we run out of oil (107), coal (109), and 167 yrs for gas