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==Untitled== I suggest toning down the stuff about evolution, as it seems as though the Forerunners may have had something to do with it. --[[User:Dragonclaws|Dragonclaws]] 09:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC) ==Continents== There arn't 7 continents! *NA *SA (lol it sounds like essay) *Africa *Oceania *Antarctica *Eurasia see. theres 6! [[User:-Vixen|Vixen-girl]] theres: North America South America Euorpe Asia Africa Astralia Antartica see 7 [[User:Voy101|Voy101]] Historically, Antarctica has been described as a continent, but modern scientists know that without its thick ice covering, it would just be a bunch of islands. Oceania isn't a continent, no matter how you slice it. So there's 6, or 7, depending on if you count Antarctica. @Vixen, I'm pretty sure Asia and Europe still get counted as separate continents, since they're separated by the Ural mountains. ==Planets== "Earth is one of 4 planets..." Uhhh, I thought there was 8 planets. == Countrys == can we add the rest of the countrys and the rest of the U.S. states,it seams better to me to have the rest of Earths countrys on it's page [[User:Voy101|Voy101]] ==Greece== Does anyone know what happens to Greece in Halo? I'm Greek and I play Halo so I'm just curious. Mr.X :As far as I know, it's still there. The Covenant didn't really hit Europe. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="#4D56B1">Dragon<font color="#F28500">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="#4D56B1">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 19:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC) They might have actually hit every continent pretty hard. Bungie, unfortunately, isn't releasing any real information about the status of Earth beyond Kenya. -LiquidNazgul :There is released. The Covenant had actually attacked Cleveland and Havana (So, it is possible that they also hit Europe). - [[User talk:steven1098s|steven1098s]] (UTC) 21:23, February 7, 2011 == Population == isn't it strange for Earth in the 26th century has only 200 million while Earth now in real life has over 7 BILLION,shouldn't Earth have at least 1 billion on it,even with the colonistion to get some of the humans off of the over populated earth [[User:Voy101|Voy101]] :You're forgetting the effects of the Covenant invasion. They destroyed Australia, and we know they were invading the Americas and elsewhere. Not to mention the glassing of Africa to prevent the spread of the Flood. There was also a draft, so most everyone was sent out against the Covenant. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="#4D56B1">Dragon<font color="#F28500">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="#4D56B1">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 19:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC) No, the population must be well over 10 billion. 200 million is ridiculous. Even Japan today has 130 million people (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html#People), and it's just a tiny fraction of the world's surface area. Even if we take out Africa and Australia, the Earth would still have a population in the billions. And even the most radical draft possible would not take out 99% of the population... There wouldn't be enough people to support the army/navy. --[[User:CaptainZoidberg|CaptainZoidberg]] 21:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC) But in the [[Beastiarum|Section in the Beastiarum about humans]] it says that humanity was reduced to around 200 million from the war and bombardment of earth. [[User:JesseZinVT|JesseZinVT]] 23:40, 3 March 2008 (UTC) Hmmm... If it really says that (which I find highly difficult to understand. The Covenant would've had to have literally bombarded Earth like anything, or the UNSC would've had to have launched mass evacuations), then I guess you're right. But if 200 million is indeed true, then the Covenant must have completely wiped Earth cleaned, which isn't exactly the picture I got from the games. This is pure conjecture, but maybe the Covenant used bio-weapons or radiation weapons? The only problem is, I haven't seen the beastiarum myself, it was something I saw online a while back. Unfortunately, Bungie hasn't yet seen fit to tell us what the exact story is. Maybe the exact population after the war should just be kept ambiguous until more information is given (in the form of the Halo: Uprising comics or future books). [[User:JesseZinVT|JesseZinVT]] 05:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC) There is a reason they say we are fighting for our very survival on Earth. Also, keep in mind that human population expanded into the stars several hundred years ago: How many people would even be left on the polluted and resource-exhausted Earth? Then we have the Covenant bombarding every single part of our Planet-at least two continents destroyed. I wouldn't be surprised if the North and South Americas were completely destroyed; both were mentioned to be under heavy attack in various canon sources. Every single soldier left in the war is fighting in this fight; I wouldn't be surprised if the few we fought with in Halo 3 might be the only ones left. [[User:InnerRayg|InnerRayg]] 07:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC) I personally am not fully convinced by the 200 million claim. This should be left ambiguous as previously suggested.[[User talk:Fire Eater|Fire Eater]] 15:27, 3 June 2009(UTC) :one guy tried to change the population by useing apicture book which uses previously canon sources but don't worry i change it back to the way it was before vandlize it {{Unsigned|156.99.55.125}} ::I checked your edit. There was no "picture book" mentioned, and we have no confirmation that the information hasn't been denounced as non-canon. Furthermore, it is not vandalism. "I disagree with this person" =/= "it will be the end of all of us! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" (attribution: Trunks, DB Kai) -- '''[[User:Forerunner|<font color="blue">Fore</font>]]''[[User talk:Forerunner|<font color="green">run</font>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Forerunner|<font color="red">ner</font>]]''''' 14:40, 1 November 2011 (EDT) umm..if the earth was VERY overpopulated...wouldnt there still be a population in the billions? even with continents destroyed/glassed, and maaanny ppl drafed and killed, im pretty sure there'd be more then 200million america(north) alone has over 200 million,..[[User talk:DarthFart|DarthFart]] 00:10, 19 June 2009 (UTC) :You're forgetting that a lot of people left Earth for the colonies. Terrans (People of Earth) aren't exactly considered "model citizens" in the UN, most peoples of other colonies regarding them as arrogant people who put pesticides into everything they eat (it's there). Also, you're forgetting that the majority of the Earth's population in the 26th century would have left to defend the colonies from the Covenant. With a smaller population, along with further casualties in space; nearly all Home Fleet ships destroyed; a slipspace disaster in New Mombasa and its subsequent (apparent) gassing; attempts to clear out the Caribbean; the incident in Cleveland and a bunch of failed resistance attempts may explain why only 200 Million are left. Also, I am pretty sure the population figure is of the homeworld, as the concept of the ENTIRE Unggoy population being 320,000,000 just doesn't look right.-- '''[[User:Forerunner|<font color="blue">Fore</font>]]''[[User talk:Forerunner|<font color="green">run</font>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Forerunner|<font color="red">ner</font>]]''' 23:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC) This would make much more sense, if this was not the population of every human, but only every military human. Over 200 Million military would sound about right, if earth's population was about 50-60 Billion. This would also make sense to the other species Unggoy military population would be 320 million. This could explain why with the help with the Elites the numbers was about even on both sides, and thats how we won the war. If the population increases by 1.17% per year for 526 years, there would be over 200 billion humans... but I would say about 150 billion people would have colonized the other planets. This is why the secret to earths location must be kept secret in halo 1. This means that the planet must till hold a great deal of life to humans. Today alone, Africa holds over 1 Billion people, this means that by 2550's the population of africa would be around 10 Billion people. If my theory is correct that is. :No, the birth rate of all industrialized nations droped in the last half century, africa will be more wealthy in future and the population will not rise over 5-7 billion, the entire earth population could be around 20 - 30 billion in 2500. Indias population is growing fast today but this will slow down in the next 50 years. Chinas population is now around 1.3 billion but trough the one child policy the population is growing slow. But even with "only" 30 billion people, the world is overpopulated. PS: The info on the "human" page is wrong, google and you will find some new infos about the process of population growth. dudewithtoomuchtime :It may very well be incorrect by data inference (considering population growth rates today, and projections). However, established canon says 200 million. That is where it stays. <b>[[User:Smoke.|<span style="color:#404040; font-weight:bold; font-family:Tahoma Small Cap">Smoke</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Smoke.|<span style="color:#404040; font-weight:bold; font-family:Tahoma Small Cap">Sound off!</span>]]</sup></b> 18:28, January 13, 2010 (UTC) == New wiki video tool == I thought it would be nice to use this feature to make a collaborative video about Earth. I started a video and placed it on the page, looking for people who will conitrbute and edit it. [[User:ChrisF|ChrisF]] 08:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC) == Pictures == I know that there are some pretty good pictures of Earth, but a lot of the ones here are of places or events. I'm going to remove some of the lesser ones, to clean it up a bit. '''[[User:Specops306|<font color=purple>Specops306]]</font>''', '''''[[User talk:Specops306|<font color=blue>Kora]]</font> [[Special:Contributions/Specops306|<font color=purple>'Morhek</font>]]''''' 01:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC) == too much gravity!?!? == how can it be 1.01 gravity? it's earth dang it! we measure gravity by its gravity it has to be 1.00! that's for sure Well to be percise the overall Gravity is 0.99732 G and for cacluation purposes in velocity it is 9.8ms<sup>-1</sup> Sub-71 19:57, 9 Feburary 2009 "Well to be percise the overall Gravity is 0.99732 G and for cacluation purposes in velocity it is 9.8ms<sup>-1</sup>" Don't be ridiculous, force exerted by Earth's own gravity varies by elevation AND lattitude. 9.81m/s^2 is an approximation for gravity at sea level, you really can't be more accurate than that without geographic information. Plus you got the units wrong, you have to square your seconds for acceleration i.e. change in meters per second PER SECOND. What I mean is that I agree with first poster. :The first poster is right. As it's defined Earth should be at 1g. Hence the concept of a "g." Also why is the atmosphere 0.9? It should be 1 atm since by definition that's the pressure from the atmosphere at Earth sea-level, at 20 degrees Celsius, etc. - [[User talk:Lord Hyren|Lord Hyren]] 22:26, February 26, 2010 (UTC) == Earth Famine? == "Now with a massive military with no enemy to fight, overpopulation, famine, and a collapsing economy, the unified Earth faced trouble." Earth, on a whole, cannot suffer from a *universal* famine. That's impossible, especially giving modern agricultural methods. I don't think we are meant to assume that the destruction of the Rainforest Wars expanded to every last piece of arable land on every last hemisphere of the globe. "Global food crisis" on account of increased shortages when one of the hemisphere's farmers gets pwned on the other hand, sounds a whole lot better. Changing the word "famine" to "food crisis". ~TheHolyDarkness Out~ == (relaxed yet appreciative sigh) == Ah ,earth. Sometimes I imagine whole galaxies full of nothing but earths and suns or whole galaxies full of reach plants and the UNSC has some kind of intergalactic warp drive. I like to give good guys massive unfair advantages in my fantasies of various sci-fi game or tv series..es. == Global Warming == In the Halo 3 level, Sierra 117, you can see pipelines in the jungle. According to the Halo 3 story, the pipes were used to collect melting ice water from Mt. Kilimanjaro as a result of global warming. How come Earth appears to have no flooded land or risen sea levels, if there was global warming?[[User:Yuhi33|Yuhi33]] 23:00, 18 July 2008 (UTC) :Based on the seawalls of Zanzibar and Outskirts, it would seem that the water level rose and then dropped. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="#4D56B1">Dragon<font color="#F28500">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="#4D56B1">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 08:49, 9 February 2009 (UTC) Are you even sure Global Warming is the reason thats because they're there? [[User:Dandarro nahan|<span style="color:red;">Happyhobo-117</span>]] I have a picture: 82,7% CO2?--[[User:DerPete|DerPete]] <sup><small> [[User Talk:DerPete|Talk]]</small></sup> 22:31, November 10, 2009 (UTC) ::Heh...I wouldn't take that CO2 count as evidence of anything but laziness on Bungie's part. The stats on that NMPD board are nipped from a graphic in the Elephant on the Halo 3 map Sandtrap, indicating the atmosphere of THAT planet. Earth's values are not accurate here. -[[User:ScaleMaster117|ScaleMaster117]] ([[User talk:ScaleMaster117|talk]]) 07:16, 24 October 2013 (EDT) :You know, the Earth as seen in summer of 2557 (the article's main image at the time of this comment) depicts ice covering the entirety of the Great Lakes region and creeping down as far as about Nebraska, not to mention almost completely engulfing Canada. It might really be that they're trying to insinuate a global climate change scenario. --File:PENGUIN4.gif|15px]]''[[User:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Fluffy</span><span style="color:gray; font-family:Verdana">Emo</span><span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Penguin</span>]]<sup><small>([[User talk:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:gray">ice quack!</span>]])''</small></sup> 09:55, 18 December 2013 (EST) As per the [[H4:Midnight|Midnight]] page, under '''Mistakes''': "While this level takes place in July, one can clearly see snow covering the URNA's northern region, primarily [[Canada]]. This is likely a developer oversight, and not the result of climate change, as the Earth's [[wikipedia:Terminator (solar)|terminator line]] is also entirely inconsistent with the summer months. In July, the terminator runs Northwest to Southeast across North America in the morning, with the far Northern regions experiencing 24-hour sunlight. In-game the terminator is running Northeast to Southwest with the North Pole bathed in shadow, a phenomenon which only occurs in winter."--[[File:Emblem 1.jpg|20px|bottom]][[User:Rusty-112|<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:blue;">''' Rusty'''</span><span style="font-size:13pt;color:red;">'''-'''</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:blue;">'''112'''</span>]] [[Halopedia:Administrators|<span style="color:red; font-family:Arial">'''''Admin'''''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Rusty-112|<font color="blue">'''comm'''</font>]]</sup> 12:30, 18 December 2013 (EST) == Other locations == what about the the other locations on Earth? the list is missing some places from Halo 3 [[User:Voy101|Voy101]] == Population after invasion == Truth jumped with at least 100 ships when he arrives, the careful attack of 13 ships took out 2 stations and numerous ships. Truth would have known better and he had the Dreadnought. The fleet may have been decimated to the 30 or so we saw over the Portal but they would have had more then enough time to glass vast regions of the planet as seen in Cleavland. It is likely that only 200 million humans survived. The bestiary has complete world populations for every species including the prophets before, activation, after civil war, and at the end of the game. The idea that the population for earth is just its military population is absurd and idiotic. So STOP changing it to 12 billion that number is far to high. Truth hated humanity, he probably would have destroyed the entire population just because he knew it was the cradle world even if he knew he was going to die. Its not like he didn't have time to watch earth burn while they smashed the defenses and started digging. And Ghosts shows us that the covenant had missions all over the planet. Cruisers on at least 3 continents while the orbital battle still raged. [[User talk:ProphetofTruth|ProphetofTruth]] 05:31, 21 December 2008 (UTC) :I agree, I've undone it a few times now. It's established that there are only 200 million humans left, end of story. Anyone who changes it to 12 billion again will face my wrath (not really, but I will be annoyed). [[User:The 888th Avatar|<span style="color:blue;">The 888th Avatar</span>]] [[User_talk:The 888th Avatar|<sup><span style="color:blue;">(Talk)</span></sup>]] 06:19, 4 March 2009 (UTC) ::I concur. Reverting it is getting tiresome, and the figure is just plain ''wrong''. I don't know where they got it, but they might just find themselves standing inside a ban=shaped shadow soon. --<b>CoH|<font color=purple>Councillor</font>]]</b> <b>[[User:Specops306|<font color=blue> Specops</font>]]UserWiki:Specops306|<font color=blue>306</font>]] - <i>[[User Talk:Specops306|<font color=purple>Qur'a</font>]] [[halofanon:Operation:_HOT_GATES|<font color=purple>'Morhek</font>]]</i></b> 06:44, 4 March 2009 (UTC) :::...And it was changed again. SERIOUSLY. [[User:The 888th Avatar|<span style="color:blue;">The 888th Avatar</span>]] [[User_talk:The 888th Avatar|<sup><span style="color:blue;">(Talk)</span></sup>]] 09:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC) ::::Now that's better. [[User:The 888th Avatar|<span style="color:blue;">The 888th Avatar</span>]] [[User_talk:The 888th Avatar|<sup><span style="color:blue;">(Talk)</span></sup>]] 09:57, 8 March 2009 (UTC) == no it is not== it's unknown it's unlikly casultys are in the billions it's was probily in the millions the population is probily know somewhere around 11.8 to 11.920 billion but it's really unknown besides he only jumped with around 30 ships not 100 like you said and how long does take elemnate a population effectivly from orbital bombartment at least 24 hours he ddid not have them on 3 continets those attacks were repulse by the unsc before they could begin the bombartment it where attack silly or attempted to. it's likely the number of total troops the unsc has sense it said two goverment types emergency millitry command as the type of goverment lived on only applies to the UNSC the demicratic goverment still has some power. they leave the census of the population to the civilian goverment. so im going to leave status quo at unknown.and also it's likely amount troops avalible to the unsc. sense emergenct millity commans rember thy also haqve civilian goverment :If you change any of my figures again without any conclusive sources, you are gone. <b>[[User:Smoke.|<span style="color:Gray; font-weight:bold; font-family:Tahoma Small Cap">Smoke</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Smoke.|<span style="color:Gray; font-weight:bold; font-family:Tahoma Small Cap">Sound off!</span>]]</sup></b> 02:00, 9 July 2009 (UTC) First of all, try to work on your coherency. I can hardly tell what you're talking about, jumping from one point to another, and with spelling a six-year-old would cringe at. Second of all, the population figure is CANON. Why the hell does nobody want to accept the Bestiarum figure as canon? Its all there, black and white, clear as crystal. Humanity is nearly extinct, why is it so hard to understand?! As for your idea on the battle of Earth, the Covenant arrived with a much larger fleet. The First Battle of Earth left the Navy in a damaged state, but they still managed to bring down a good portion of Truth's advance fleet before being annihilated. Don't forget the three hundred Orbital Defence Platforms, which were still online after Regret jumped away from Earth. Afterwards, the Covenant invaded a number of areas - Australia, North America, Antarctica - looking for relics, but pulled out of everywhere except Cleveland when they found the Portal. Afterwards, the bombarded the planet from orbit where neccessary before settling in Africa. -- <b>[[Halopedia:Administrators|<font color=indigo>Administrator</font>]] [[User:Specops306|<font color=indigo>Specops306</font>]] - ''[[User Talk:Specops306|<font color=blue>Qur'a 'Morhek</font>]]'' <sup>''[[halofanon:Operation: HOT GATES|<u><font color=purple>Honour Light Your Way!</font></u>]]''</sup></b> 22:50, 20 August 2009 (UTC) == I respectfully disagree. == Regarding the population, if there truly was only one continent left (explaining the 200 million statistic), then can you further explain the exchange between Rtas Vadum and Lord Hood? I believe it went along the lines of Rtas promising 'I would have glassed your entire planet', when discussing the Flood attack on Africa.<noinclude></noinclude> It seems ridiculous that the population would be so low, given the continued survival of the Inner Colonies, improvements in modern medicine (and, by extension of this, improved life expectancies and birth rates). This year alone, the population is set to grow by another 143 million. Now, if we count in the likely flood of Outer Colony refugees (as depicted in Halo Wars), you're looking at a speedy population recovery. Let's try and keep that in perspective. - Katsuhiro You're assuming that there are still refugees out there waiting to be relocated. Sigma Octanus had a population of 13 million, and that was regarded as an "Inner" Colony - how many other planets like that are left? And let us not forget that the Covenant bombarded much of the planet from orbit when Truth's fleet arrived. I'm also not entirely sure what your point is about medicine, life expectancy and birth rate - those factors don't affect the ''current'' population of 200 million, only its increase in the future. Likewise, I don't recall anyone mentioning that only one continent was left - as far as I'm aware, Europe, Asia, North and South America, Australasia, Africa, and Antarctica are all still there, though certainly the worse for wear. -- <b>[[Halopedia:Administrators|<font color=indigo>Administrator</font>]] [[User:Specops306|<font color=indigo>Specops306</font>]] - ''[[User Talk:Specops306|<font color=blue>Qur'a 'Morhek</font>]]'' <sup>''[[halofanon:Operation: HOT GATES|<u><font color=purple>Honour Light Your Way!</font></u>]]''</sup></b> 00:09, September 9, 2009 (UTC) Sigma Ocatnus loss 300,000 out of it's 17 million. It is still heavly populated as it was not bombarded. Not to mention FoR says the Covenant blew past many colonies on there way to Reach, which means those colonies remain since they got Earth next. I do agree though we must keep it at 200 mil. for now since that is the only mention of it. --[[User talk:Sgt.T.N.Biscuits|Sgt.T.N.Biscuits]] 22:07, November 26, 2009 (UTC) Just out of curiosity, when R'tas and The Arbiter are speaking at the end of Halo 3, did it not show a hologram of Earth, whole, not glowing, and unglassed?[[User talk:Toasterstrudel64|Toasterstrudel64]] 23:03, October 2, 2010 (UTC) Glassing and bombardment are not the same thing. Glassing reduced vast areas into molten rock and stone. The Covenant merely blasted many cities and population centres, as well as invading with infantry, armour and aircraft, slaughtering many in combat. The only part of Earth which we know to be "glassed" in the traditional sense was part of East Africa, but that doesn't mean the rest of the planet got off scot free. -- [[User:Specops306|<b><font color=indigo>Specops306</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>Qur'a 'Morhek</sup></font></i></u>]] 04:52, October 3, 2010 (UTC) == The Earth looks nice and clean at the end of Halo 3 (& the Beastarium) == Well, I really don't buy the 200 million figure. Say, how about this to think about-- at the ending of Halo 3, when Rtas and Thel have a conversation at the bridge of ''Shadow of Intent'', there is a holographic projection of Earth. Now, if Truth indeed bombarded Earth to the level where Earth's human population falls to 200 million, I'd expect to see some visible damage--only there isn't. The image of Earth in the Beastarium did not show any visible signs of damage either. And even if one concludes that a holographic projection should not be used as evidence to advance any sort of conjecture, we DO KNOW that Earth in its significant portion was not glassed(based on Truth's declaration "your world WILL burn until its surface is but glass). Also, I am JUST NOT convinced that Truth's forces just smart-bombed population centers and wiped out the VAST majority of the Earth's population. Even with a very, very conservative estimate of pre-invasion population of 6 billion, that's 97% of the population wiped out clean without any visible sign of destruction from the orbit.* *Not to mention the unlikelihood of the assumption--"Covenant" and "selective destruction?" Might I remind you that these are the same kind of crowd that used an energy projector from a warship to try and take out the MC in Delta Halo? Why would they suddenly get into the surgical strike business? It's not b/c of the portal, btw. Remember? Their method of excavating the thing was to GLASS the ground above it, and while they were at it, they glassed the entire city even though larger portions of the city were further away from the portal dig site.(replay the last level of ODST for reference) One might say that the Earth's population at the time of Truth's invasion would have been lower than 21C Earth. However, take a look at the city of Cleveland, 26C. You see how friggin' huge that place is? Not to mention New Mombasa? Unless there is some sort of confirmation that Earth's population somehow decided to all move into giant cities and not live in the countryside, there is just no way that cities can be bigger than 21C Earth but total population is somehow sma