What IF Earth's Oxygen Dissappeared for 5 seconds!

The World Lost its Oxygen for 5 seconds?

Imagine if all the Earth's oxygen dissapear. Not forever, just for say, 5 seconds?

Would we just hold our breath?

What would happen to the atmosphere?

What would happen to the environment?

What you're breathing in is oxygen that takes up roughly 21% of our atmosphere, with 78% being Nitrogen. Although its not the most abundant gas in our atmosphere, it is the most important.

Without Oxygen, plants, animals, water, and us humans wouldn't be where we are today. 5 seconds may not sound like a whole lot of time to be without oxygen.

Most of us can go atleast 30 seconds without taking a breath. It would happen too fast for your body to even notice. Your breathing would actually remain normal.

But as for everything else? Not so much.

In just 5 seconds, the earth would look completely different. Without oxygen you can say good bye to the structures made of concrete. These structures would instantly collapse.

Oxygen acts as a special binding agent to concrete. Without it concrete is just a dust. Speaking of Buildings, any untreated metal would be instantly be fused together. This is because there's a layer of oxidation on metals, that prevents them from welding together. Without that layer metal would instantly bind to each other.

If you happen to be relaxing in the beach at the time, except a severe sunburn. The ozone layer, our protection against the Sun's UV rays, is made of oxygen. Take away the oxygen and the Earth would become extremely dangerous. There would be nothing protecting us from the Sun's UV rays. In addition to Sunburn, our inner ear would explode. Losing oxygen means losing 21% of our air pressure. A change in air pressure that drastic is equivalent to being at sea level and dropping down 2000 meters instantly. Our ears wouldn't have enough time to adapt.

Without Oxygen, there's no fire. The combustion process in vehicles won't be able to occur. Any mode of vehicle that isn't electric wil automatically fail. Planes will fall from sky, and millions of cars will be stopped in their tracks. The sky would be completely dark. Before it hits the Earth, light from the Sun bounces off multiple particles in the air. Without oxygen in the atmosphere, there are less things to bounce off, and the sky will appear dark. 

Oh yeah, while all this is happening, the earth's crust would completely crumble. That's because the earth's crust is made up of 45% oxygen. The crust would crumble and continue to crumble until there's nothing left, sending you and everyone on the planet to into a free fall. 

Sound like fun? Probably not.

But luckily you can take a deep breath of 21% oxygen, knowing that this would never happen. 

Thank You