2040
The time of the seismic impact
The modification of the climate, now in a phase of violent runaway, in particular for the subtropical band which puts in danger of death every day nearly 2 billion inhabitants, has also had consequences on a much larger scale.
Indeed, warming alone is not only responsible for droughts: global warming modifies the climate on a planetary scale but locally, it can rain much more or be much colder.
Thus, quite terribly, while global warming itself caused between 100 and 170 million deaths each year over this decade (about 100 in the first year and nearly 6 to 7 million more each year compared to the previous one), the Torrential rains caused gigantic floods and mudslides. In the years 2040 to 2050 alone, between 25 and 100 million deaths each year have been to be deplored.
In Africa, in the tropical strip where 1 billion people still live, floods caused 16 million deaths during an unprecedented rainy season which ultimately lasted 6 months.
The water tables, in turn dry up or overflow drowning millions of hectares of absolutely essential farm land since 90% of food produced locallyin short and organic circuit. As a result of a draught In 2045, south of London, a plate of 5 km by 12 collapsed in the middle of the night by more than 40 meters. Killing 900,000 people in the process. It was the first.
Since then, there have been dozens, in Indonesia, Tokyo, Germany, the United States or the Middle East, to name only the biggest disasters. The coasts have been redrawn by the rise in sea level (+ 1.4m between 2020 and 2048), massive erosion and much rougher seas have made fishing almost impossible in the Atlantic.
From 2045, earthquakes have occurred. The San Andreas Fault moved, causing 2 million deaths there. The Alps are now 45m higher with a Mont Blanc which culminates at almost 4900m now.
In 2046, the great uplift of the Eurasian plate took place, with the Indian plate rising sarp gly. India paid a heavy price those years, with nearly 80% of the 45 million casualties. . Everest was measured by satellite, and it is now no longer at 8848m but at 10559m. Yes, it has risen a little over 1700m and has also shifted 15 km to the east.
In 2047, seismic movements awake volcanoes en masse. Overall, volcanoes directly killed few people (just 3 million in 2047 - 2052). The main problem is the ash, which obscures the sun and then spreads into the atmosphere. The photo opposite shows the wedding of Yelena and John in 2048, in the ancient city of Kamidala, in Fermitstan, after the second release of sulfur from the Framtasola Volcano.
However, this does not interfere with aeronautic traffic, since by now it’s totally disappeared. Apart that dedicated to Science, which runs on common strategic oil reserves since there has been no possible extraction of oil since 2044.
In 2048, the oceanic plates begin to move. The coastal regions are hard hit with tsunamis whose wave fronts are on average 25 to 45 meters high, for speeds of the order of 130 km/h. In general, with each sweep, the waters return several tens of kilometers inland.
In 2049, the Chinese plate moved, causing the death of 70 million people. A large part of the center, a region of farmers, moved 16 km to the north in less than 5 days with a total of 5 ultra massive shocks, 45 massive shocks and around 700 aftershocks…
During these 10 years, from 2040 to 2050, purely seismic events will have killed 596 million while global warming will have killed 1.6 billion people: between heat, hunger and respiratory and cardiovascular problems and the lack of care and medicine and energy.
In 2050, the world has shrunk from 6.1 to 4.1 billion people. From 150 million births in 2020, we have fallen to just under 18 million in 2050. While in 2050 alone, Climate and earthquakes killed nearly 260 million people.
At this rate of decline, with in particular climatic problems, the number of deaths and the number of births, the negative balance will result in a population of zero around 2085 at the latest. In short, in 2050, the human race will be extinct in less than 40 years.
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