Cynthia-Coriníon

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The future is now. And now. And now. And--

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2050 Atlantic Ocean

By the year 2050, the first floating "seasteads" will have been initiated, the first of which will be government funded projects. Over time, whole offshore cities will appear, many even becoming sovereign or privatized. These will be fully sustainable, using the power of the ocean, sun, and wind to generate

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2050 North Sentinal Island

Climate change will cause worse and worse weather, including hurricanes that will severely disrupt the way of life in India's Andaman Islands. Outsiders no longer being the greatest threat to the North Sentinalese, the uncontacted tribe will ruefully accept aid from non-islanders, leading to greater

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2040 Novosibirsk

Siberian fur traders started an experiment in 1959 to calm the temperament of the red fox so they could harvest their furs. By 2040, the domesticated fox will have become its own subspecies.

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2050 Lake Vostok

Climate change will melt much of the ice in Antarctica. With this, the ice becomes softer and easier to drill ice cores. Russian scientists from Vostok Station, along with others from the international community, will drill larger ice cores and perhaps even shafts down which field scientists will be

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2050 Calgary

By this time, geneticists will have the capability of bringing back extinct creatures, given that we have their DNA. Recently extinct organisms will be slowly reintegrated into nature. Some organisms, however, will be too far removed from their habitat, and will be restricted to zoos, aquariums and botanical

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