science predictions for 2050 | Future timeline
Read science predictions for 2050, a year that will see the world transform thanks to scientific disruptions that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore many of them below. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
science forecasts for 2050
- Most of the fish stocks that existed in 2015 are now extinct. 1
- Nearly 2 billion people now live in countries with absolute water scarcity, mostly in the Middle East and North African regions. 1
- 5 billion of the world's projected 9.7 billion people now live in water-stressed areas. 1
- Neurotechnologies enable users to interact with their environment and other people by thought alone. 1
- Athabasca Glacier disappears by losing 5 metres per year since 20151
- Optimistic forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 1.89 degrees Celsius1
Forecast
In 2050, a number of science breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
- Most of the fish stocks that existed in 2015 are now extinct. 1
- Nearly 2 billion people now live in countries with absolute water scarcity, mostly in the Middle East and North African regions. 1
- 5 billion of the world's projected 9.7 billion people now live in water-stressed areas. 1
- Neurotechnologies enable users to interact with their environment and other people by thought alone. 1
- Athabasca Glacier disappears by losing 5 metres per year since 2015 1
- Worst case forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 2.5 degrees Celsius 1
- Forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 2 degrees Celsius 1
- Optimistic forecasted rise in global temperatures, above pre-industrial levels, is 1.89 degrees Celsius 1
Prediction
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2050 include:
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