Visualizing the World in 2090

In some ways, the world in 2090 may resemble the world we live in today. Yet, two key areas will almost certainly change: the natural world and technology. Will our thirst for consumption ultimately deplete the world’s most critical natural resources? Or will technology help us persevere? And how will innovation change the way we move, work, and explore? Today, we'll take a deep dive into these captivating questions.

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Population
https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/population/

The Map of the World in 2090 Suggest We Have a Huge Problem
https://www.indy100.com/discover/world-map-2090-population-decline-replacement-rate-population-japan-africa-7665711

Vacuum Trains: a high-speed pipe dream?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120601-high-speed-pipedreams

Melting Ice Sheets will Add over 15 inches to Global Sea Level
https://www.space.com/melting-ice-sheets-sea-level-rise-2100.html

Time Left till the End of the Rain Forests
https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/state-of-the-planet/when-will-the-rainforests-be-gone/story

Dying Languages To Be Preserved in Talking Dictionaries
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dying-languages-be-preserved-talking-dictionaries-7079788.html

We’re Getting Off the Ladder
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898024_1898023_1898076,00.html

Hours of Work in U.S. History
https://eh.net/encyclopedia/hours-of-work-in-u-s-history/

Get a Life
https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2013/09/24/get-a-life

Corporations Working on Autonomous Vehicles
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/autonomous-driverless-vehicles-corporations-list/

Virtuality and Reality “to merge”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7258105.stm

Forward to Virtual Humans
https://www.kurzweilai.net/foreword-to-virtual-humans

Heat Waves and Extremely high Temperatures
https://news.stanford.edu/pr/2010/pr-extreme-heat-study-070810.html

Deforestation Explained
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation/

Founder / Director: Peter Schumaker
Chief Editor: Tristan Reed
Scientific Editor: Dr. Bassem Sabra, PhD
Original soundtrack by Joseph McDade