Year
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Type
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Description
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2060
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Prediction
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One third of the world's energy could be solar, according to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA).[1]
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2060
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Prediction
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Temperatures could rise by 4 °C.[2][3]
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2060
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Prediction
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Sea levels could rise by 9-24 inches.[4] (24-60 cm)
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2060
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Prediction
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China and India combined will be economically larger than the entire developed world.[5]
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2060
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Prediction
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The Office for National Statistics has predicted that the United Kingdom's population will be 81 million.[6]
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2060
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Prediction
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Japan estimates that 40% of its population will be of retirement age, whilst its population will have shrunk by 30% from its maximum.[7][8]
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2060
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Known event
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Between October 26–28, periodic comet 15P/Finlay will pass about 6 million km from Earth.
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2061
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Known event
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July 28 – Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun—the last return reached its perihelion on February 9, 1986.[9]
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2061
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Known event
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December 31 – Expiration of the Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement.
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2061
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Prediction
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December 31 – The American Association for the Advancement of Science completes an effort—begun in 1985—to "help all Americans become literate in science, mathematics, and technology," based on defined benchmarks.[10]
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2061
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Time capsule
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September 1, 2061 – A time capsule at St. Gabriel School in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada is scheduled to be opened for its 150th anniversary of its school division (Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools).
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2061
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Speculation
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Commercial mining of the Moon's elements could be economically feasible.[9]
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2062
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Known event
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May 10 – Transit of Mercury.[11]
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2062
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Prediction
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Earth will have 2 billion people aged 60 and over.[12]
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2062
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Prediction
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By 2062, cohort life expectancy at birth is projected to reach 100 years for females in each UK constituent country except Scotland where it is projected to reach 99.4 years.[13]
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2062
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Prediction
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Nanofabricators are a mainstream consumer product.[14]
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2062
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Speculation
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The astrologer Dane Rudhyar, who was influential in the New Age movement, predicted in 1972 that the Age of Aquarius would begin in AD 2062.[15]
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2062
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Speculation
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Complementary searches find life in our own and other planetary systems.[16]
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2065
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Known event
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November 11 – Transit of Mercury
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2065
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Known event
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November 22 12:45 UTC – Venus will occult Jupiter. It will be very difficult to observe from Earth, because the elongation of Venus and Jupiter from the Sun at this time will be only 7 degrees. This event will be the first occultation of a planet by another since January 3, 1818; however the next will occur less than two years later, on July 15, 2067.[17]
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2066
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Prediction
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The UK is projected to have at least half a million people aged over 100.[18]
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2067
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Prediction
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February 15 – Assuming no further extensions to the term of copyrights become law in the interim, all sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, will enter the public domain in the U.S.[19]
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2067
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Known event
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July 15 11:56 UTC — Mercury will occult Neptune. This rare event will be very difficult to observe from Earth.
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2067
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Prediction
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October – A METI message Cosmic Call 1 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, star HD 178428.
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2068
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Time capsule
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The Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument is expected to be opened 100 years after it was locked in 1968.
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2068
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Speculation
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According to futurist David Passig, there will be an undersea city by 2068.
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2069
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Speculation
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A proposed NASA mission concept to launch an interstellar probe, the 2069 Alpha Centauri mission, will search for biosignatures on planets around the stars in the system Alpha Centauri.[20][21]
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2069
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Prediction
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A METI message, Cosmic Call 1, sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar in 1999, arrives at its destination, 16 Cyg A star.[22]
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