User:Eric Kvaalen/timeline of the future

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This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events.
It may contain tentative information; the content may change as the event approaches and more information becomes available.

The following is a logarithmic timeline of events which should occur in the future, barring unforeseen circumstances and assuming that we can extrapolate into the future based on our science.

Time interval	Event
1 – 10 y (2009-2018)	2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2012 Summer Olympics in London 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
10 – 100 y (2018-2108)	Global warming, Arctic Sea ice-free during the Summer^[1], sea level rise. Decreased use of petroleum. Devastating earthquakes in California, Tokyo, Istanbul, Palestine (if they haven't already occurred in the next 10 years)
100 – 1000 y (2108-3008)	First part of Age of Aquarius Decreased use of coal
1000 – 10 ky (3008-12 008 CE)	Summer and winter constellations switch, north celestial pole moves far from present North Star
10 ky – 100 ky (12 008 - 102 008CE)	Presently used Computus will give Paschal Full Moon at new moon. Present constellations become unrecognizable. Hebrew Calendar out of sync with seasons.
100 ky – 1 My	Gregorian Calendar out of sync with seasons.
1 My – 10 My	Technetium-99 produced today ceases to be dangerous Several kilometre-size asteroids or comets on collision course with Earth.
10 My – 100 My	Mediterranean Sea closes
100 My – 1 Gy	Different continents from today due to splitting and coalescence
1 Gy – 10 Gy	Hotter sun makes land too hot for life. Oceans evaporate. Possible Andromeda-Milky Way collision. Sun becomes a red giant
10 Gy – 100 Gy	Sun becomes a white dwarf
100 Gy – 1 Ty

[edit] References

^ Overpeck, Jonathan T.; Sturm, Matthew; Francis, Jennifer A.; Perovich, Donald K.; Serreze, Mark C.; Benner, Ronald; Carmack, Eddy C.; Chapin, Stuart, III; Gerlach, S. Craig; Hamilton, Lawrence C.; Hinzman, Larry D.; Holland, Marika; Huntington, Henry P.; Key, Jeffrey R.; Lloyd, Andrea H.; MacDonald, Glen M.; McFadden, Joe; Noone, David; Prowse, Terry D.; Schlosser, Peter; Vörösmarty, Charles (2005-08-23). "Arctic System on Trajectory to New, Seasonally Ice-Free State" (PDF). Eos Transactions 86 (34): 309,312–313. American Geophysical Union. doi:10.1029/2005EO340001.