Showing posts with label Earth 2100. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earth 2100. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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Earth 2100

Earth 2100 airs tonight at ABC (9 p.m. E.T.). So what it's all about? It is all about the world we live in the next 100 years:
It's an idea that most of us would rather not face -- that within the next century, life as we know it could come to an end. Our civilization could crumble, leaving only traces of modern human existence behind.
It seems outlandish, extreme -- even impossible. But according to cutting edge scientific research, it is a very real possibility. And unless we make drastic changes now, it could very well happen.

Experts have a stark warning: that unless we change course, the "perfect storm" of population growth, dwindling resources and climate change has the potential to converge in the next century with catastrophic results.

This show is a result of ABC's gathering of some of the world's leading planetary fururists like Joseph Tainter, Janine Benyus, Thomas Homer-Dixon, and John Holdren.
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