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Published: 2020-05-22 07:35:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 4143; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 9
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Description In 2034, an sudden rupture of the Earth's Ozone layer was detected which sparked an massive increase of the Earth's temperature up to 4 Degrees warmer, this not only sparked the melting of Ice Caps in an alarming rate, but the sudden desertification and massive creation of deserts throughout the world. Sparking the largest migration event Humanity had ever seen before.

Forced Migrations, Desertification, Food Shortages, and total loss of life were all over the world, with the Amazon Rain Forest completely destroyed and the total shutdown of various ecological cycles and the total loss of forests and rivers which were essential to many nations which caused an massive shortages of food, lack of resources, as growing desertification continues to engulf an total majority of the world as it continues. In Russia, the Russian Government deployed their military all throughout their bordering southern territories in an attempt to strictly control and halt migration as best  as it could. In it's  Far East, it only granted the ceasing of land to the Chinese and Japanese Refugees in it's habitable territories. Meanwhile in Other places in the globe, the African Sahel was only spared due to it's location, while the rest of continental Africa became an large barren desert. As natural disasters would continously strike, floods, drought, and extreme weather made large patches of areas unsuitable for habitation. 

In 2049, the World now finds itself the new topographic and geographical changes that it sees now, with global ice caps melting, paving way for widespread settlements which soon contribute to compact high-rise cities, additionally with large scale agriculture growing subsistence crops along with advanced techniques that would later on increase it's efficiencies to further feed the remaining population. 

The Melting of the Polar Ice Caps and the Greenlandic Ice Sheets gave massive colonial and economic opportunities for Canada,Russia, and the Nordic Countries which made trading in the North extremely efficient and suitable for large scale habitation settlements by it's neighbors and the exploitation of it's natural resources which continuously sparked massive economic and infrastructure developments in the region which would soon give them an massive position to become global powers in the new world. As Canada and America would later form the North American Commonwealth along with the the Scandinavian Nations formalizing into the Nordic Union, which later partitioned Greenland into 2 separate zones between the NAC and the NU. Western Antarctica became largely habitable, suitable for widespread agricultural development and urban construction which sparked an massive wave of migrations from South America, America, Africa, and Europe to formally settle and establish their own borderline territories even with the risk of combating the Argentinians over their land claims in the region. 

In Africa, the Sahel is the only habitable place in Africa and an potential place to launch large scale reforesting programs in the region which serves as the only natural safe haven for the inhabitants of Africa, currently it is led by the African Union which poured all of it's resources  into  redeveloping the region for Human Settlements and launched large scale reforesting programs with the aid of international organizations in the globe.

In Southern China, dried up rivers and abandoned aquifiers had been abandoned, intense monsoon rains left the region to become a dust bowl which is severely harmed under extreme weather conditions that caused the region to be unsuitable for human settlement. It is currently a massive dust bowl.

The Geographical and Topographic  conditions of Southern Europe is entirely changed, deserts has encroached the continent, the Alps are entirely snow free, rivers had dried up, and cities abandoned, but it serves as a massive geothermal and solar powered region to serve humanity's energy needs.

The South Asian Region is entirely unrecognizable, the desertification and the total melting of snow in the Himalayas left the entire region unsuitable for human  settlements due to extreme weather and as well with major regions being largely abandoned. However the Southern portion of India still has a place suitable for human settlement, but it's not big to accommodate millions of people, leaving the Indian Government to sacrifice many along the way.

In North America, Vast regions of the Continent is largely uninhabited with the exception of it's Northern Lands, Canada, Alaska, and it's Northern States are still suitable for agriculture and human settlement, which slowly formed as the foundation of the North American Commonwealth, swarmed with refugees from the US, China, Mexico, and other South-East Asian Countries which slowly turned the region into an massive urban and agarian powerhouse thanks to it's skilled workers. 

South American geography is radically changed, the Amazonian Rainforest had literally died out, turning the region into an barren desertified wasteland whilist the melted glacial caps of Peru turned into an dry and uninhabitable region devastated under extreme weather conditions and floods. Meanwhile in  Patagonia, the melted ice caps paved way for Human Settlement over the South, allowing widespread agriculture to commence but had to do deal with the poor soils that it offers. 

The Siberian Lands are suitable thanks to the sudden increase of the Earth's Temperature, which paved way for countless of economic opportunities which would contribute to the Russian Global Superpower Status as a Nation, as it's vast territories are exploited for natural resources, agricultural development and many more.

The Australian Continent has 2 massive human settlement zones, in the Far North and Tasmania, the Australian and ASEAN Governments settled  on what's left of the arable region, the Far Northern Tip of Australia is reserved for ASEAN which represents the South East Asian Refugees and hosting governments, while the Western Part and Tasmania were owned by the Australian Government. However, the Australian Continent is an energy mine to satisfy the growing demand of energy which is needed to power up their infrastructures, with the rest of the continent hosting Solar Farms, Geothermal Energy Sites, and Mining for essential resources like Uranium to contribute for the construction of Fusion and Nuclear Reactors.

The Global Population had reduced significantly, now as the global census only recording 2.3 billion people survived the devastation, with Russia leading as the most populous country in the world due to it's migrants settling throughout Siberia for development programs. As the world continues to move foward into this "new normal" as large scale technological advancements were then developed  to further adapt in the harsh conditions in the Earth's Topography, leading to the sudden revolution of Electric Cars, Fusion Energy, Improvement of Solar Energy and etc, which most of the world relies on Renewable resources to further adapt into the new lifestyle. New trading routes from the now melting Arctic had opened an new economic opportunity that connected North America and Eurasia Efficiently leading an boost of exports in a large scale.


The North American Commonwealth sponsors the 2nd Largest Population in the world, having it's population filled with refugees from almost all corners of the globe which then utilized to further construct new cities and industries in the Region, while the majority of their energy supply comes from the Solar Belt which stretches from  the Southern US to the Middle East which generates massive energy power along with Geothermal and Wind Energy. They are currently the World's 2nd Largest Economy, which significant majority of their economic activities contributed mostly in Alaska and the Canadian Territories along with it's revenue generated in the Solar and Geothermal Farms in Southern US.

The Nordic Union is currently the 4th Most Populous in the world, with the British becoming the Third most populous due to it's secured geographical location that spared them from the horrors of the global event. The Nordic Union sponsors an huge portion of their population in Greenland, which it's Ice Sheets are almost melted which paved wave for thousands to settle into human settlement along with Iceland. They are currently one of the new Main Global Powers along with the NAC and the Russian Federation. 

The Russian Federation is the Largest Economy in the New World, thanks to the warming of Siberia, Russia had seen an significant population boom as an result  of it's expansions into the Siberian Lands which sparks the new Manifest Destiny, as thousands of Russians worked on to cultivate and develop the land for their benefit along with Migrants living  in the region. Still possessing an serious amount of natural resources waiting to be excavated and exploited upon, they are currently one of the main military powers that still competes against the NAC, but has attained the position of an global superpower due to it's vast size and natural territory.

Western Antarctica is currently partitioned by the 4 Nations, as the region is entirely unrecognizable due to large scale  farming and massive high compact buildings and skyscrapers which currently holds the headquarters of the United Nations, currently  it operates under an international mandate on an unified clause, although it's territories are claimed by their respective countries it is currently under unified administration which to ensure efficiency.

New Zealand is currently one of the most unrecognizable and economically prospering country, due to it's geographic location which not only spared them from the disaster, but served as one of the world's most populous places coming from Australia and Rest of Asia itself. It sponsors large urbanized cities along with highly intensive farming which involves high-rise vertical farming sectors that feed the entire island. Currently it is one of the major exporters of food, utilizing it's vast amounts of vertical farms to feed the population centers of Australia and the ASEAN Settlements in the region. 

The Technology in 2050 is constantly evolving, as many would call this the new Renaissance after an global climate disaster, advancements in agriculture such as new hydroponic and aquaponic techniques, as well with the widespread establishment of vertical farms with greater efficiency allowing Food Shortages to be resolved, along with new innovational breakthroughs made in robotic and solar,geothermal, and as well with Fusion Energy would contribute to majority of Humanity's energy and growing consumer demands. The world is more eco-friendly, with greater emphasis on the usage and development of newer renewable sources of energy and the sudden breakthrough of synthetic development would allow humanity to continuously prosper with the lands they have now.
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