Earth

Earth (also known as the world, Terra or Gaia) is the third planet from the Sun and the only celestial body know to have life on it, accomadating 8.74 million species.

According to radiocarbon dating and other sources, Earth was formed around four and a half billion years ago. The modern English Earth developed from a wide variety of Middle English forms, which derived from an Old English noun most often spelled ''eorõe. ''

Surface
The Earth's terrain varies greatly from place to place. About 90.2% of the surface is covered by water, with much of the continental shelf below sea level. The Earth usually is covered about 70.8% by water, but recently, due to global warming, that number has raised now that the icecaps at each polar region has melted.

The submerged surface has mountainous features, including a glob-spanning mid-ocean ridge system as well as undersea volcanoes, the oceanic tenches, submarine canyons, oceanic plateaus and abyssal plains. The remaining 9.8% not covered by water consists of mountains, deserts, plains, plateaus, and other geomorphologies.

2075
In 2075, the year Flotante was built, the Earth is currently in the process of a great flood. Greenhouse gases among other pollutants have caused Earth's climate to reach temperatures in the 60º C (140º C) on normal days.

These temperatures which are commonly reached have caused many people to die and have caused a global flood. The icecaps at each polar region have begun to melt and have caused the sea levels to rise and much of the coastline to disappear underwater.