As scientists try to project the effects of climate change into the future, many of these forecasts only go as far as 2100, a year beyond which the alterations to our environment become much harder to predict. Here is a breakdown of what we can expect our world to look like in 2100:
- Acidification of Earth’s oceans will give seawater refreshing citrus kick
- Extinction of 80 percent of world’s wildlife to be slightly offset by couple new species of lizard
- Atmosphere visibly bubbling
- Vast arid landscape will necessitate the creation of 1,000 new words for the color brown
- Increased competition for shrinking habitats will finally allow biologists to determine which Arctic species wants it most
- Temperature of car steering wheel up 18 percent
- Disappearance of idyllic mountaintop glaciers set between two picturesque peaks may force beverage companies to bottle water from other sources
- Far more barren desert flats for land speed record chasers
- Appearance of lush, water-filled mirages full of scantily clad men and women to occur 500 times more often
- Rising sea levels will force millions of dads to haul the boat lift in another few feet
- Smog to get nice reddish-orange tint
- Not too bad inside ExxonMobil Executive Cooling Dome