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Based on this, the UN projected that the world population, 8 billion as of 2023, would peak around the year 2086 at about 10.4 billion, and then start a slow decline, assuming a continuing decrease in the global average fertility rate from 2.5 births per woman during the 2015–2020 period to 1.8 by the year 2100 (the medium-variant projection).
On this timescale, any discrete body of matter "behaves like a liquid" and becomes a smooth sphere due to diffusion and gravity. [151] 1.16×10 67 (11.6 unvigintillion) The estimated time until a black hole of one solar mass today, will have decayed by the emission of Hawking radiation. [154] 1.54×10 91 –1.41×10 92 (15.4–141 ...
In 10,000 years, the post-glacial rebound of the Baltic Sea will have reduced the depth by about 90 m (300 ft). The Hudson Bay will decrease in depth by 100 m over the same period. [38] After 100,000 years, the island of Hawaii will have shifted about 9 km (5.6 mi) to the northwest. The planet may be entering another glacial period by this time.
A report from the NOAA hinted at the possibility of an "extreme" sea-level rise scenario that would put some American towns and cities underwater.
Stratfor thinks the world a decade from now will be more dangerous place, with US power waning and other major powers experiencing a period of chaos.
The Next 100 Years is a 2009 speculative nonfiction book by George Friedman. In the book, Friedman attempts to predict the major geopolitical events and trends of the 21st century. Friedman also speculates in the book on changes in technology and culture that may take place during this period.
Others have yet to come to fruition, like the promised hotel, retail space and parking garage near Riverfront Stadium, which were originally supposed to be completed in 2024. Development is now ...
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.