This comic uses the same strategy as comic 715: Numbers, in which Randall uses Google to search for phrases and then charts the results. This one is charted as a timeline, whereas 715 was charted as line graphs. It is a list of things predicted or announced by anyone at any time (the ones you see on Google search using "by the year..." or similar statements).

"2101 - War Was Beginning" is a reference to the opening narration of video game Zero Wing; the same narration is famous for the internet meme "All your base are belong to us". As there are not any other out and out references in the comic, and the rest are actually results that you can find using Randall's methods, "War Was Beginning" was probably the only thing he got when he googled 2101 as well.

Certain events in this comic, e.g. "Social Security stops running surplus", are repeated multiple times. Also, certain bizarre events, like "Apocalypse occurs", or "Flying cars reach market", happen before rather plausible things, like "HTML 5 Finished". Certain events, like "Japan is a robot-only country" or "Gillette introduces 14-blade razor" may be related to the recurring theme 605: Extrapolating.

The title text is a reference to a reoccurring scaremonger theory that Caucasian people will become a minority or extinct as other ethnicities outbreed them. For maximum scaremongering they will claim this could happen in the near future, complete with extrapolated graphs. In the years since this comic was published these conspiracy theories have come to be known as "the great replacement" or "white genocide". Scaremongers are banking on the idea their target audience will rarely bother to fact check,[1] as analysis of their extrapolations usually reveals incorrect methodology if not outright lies[2].

This comic has similar features to 1413: Suddenly Popular, 1093: Forget, and 891: Movie Ages.

The only predictions for this period that came true are that the world population has surpassed 7 billion. Canada formally withdrew from the Kyoto protocol in December 2011, and its emissions in 2012 were 18% above 1990 levels (though its population had grown 26% and its GDP had grown 67% in that period). Sadly, homelessness is still a problem in Massachusetts. The prediction about GNU/Linux operating systems remains false; although Android (which is built on the Linux kernel) is currently the most dominant OS, it is not completely GNU/Linux, which remains an extreme minority on consumer devices. And so far as we're aware, the apocalypse has yet to occur.

New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto in July 2015. It was never intended to land on Pluto, though the comic does not necessarily imply this.

The other 2015 predictions did not come true, though some might claim gender equality was reached.

Android OS' market share was already 84.4% as of the third quarter of 2014, showing that both estimates were overly conservative.[3] Windows Phone continued to have less than 30% of iOS' market share and has since been discontinued.

None of the predictions for this period have come true.

Year Prediction Further Details Outcome

2012 World population Ever since the advent of modern medicine and the more efficient agricultural processes developed since the Industrial Revolution, the human population had been growing at an unprecedented rate. This has caused some people to worry about overpopulation, which would cause a scarcity of resources and overcrowding, and propose various solutions, most of which involve some form of eugenics. 7 billion is a landmark number because it is a multiple of 1 billion. Close: Earth reached 7 billion in late 2011.

Flying cars For decades, flying cars have been a staple of futuristic sci-fi and technological predictions. So far very few of these predictions, which to tend to hover around 5–10 years from whatever the current date is, have come true. False; still 5-10 years away. You could argue that helicopters count as flying cars.

Canada cuts greenhouse emissions Currently, the Earth is experiencing an unprecedented period of warming we call global warming, caused in part by greenhouse emissions, which are gases that help trap heat in the atmosphere. Countries have repeatedly gotten together and promised to stop emitting greenhouse gases, but so far they have failed to meet their targets. False. Canada withdrew from Kyoto treaty in late 2011.

Apocalypse occurs The end of a cycle of the Mayan calendar on December 22, 2012 has been used in popular culture as a basis for predicting the end of the world. Amongst other things, this included the film '2012'. Some people took this rather more seriously, and actually believed that the world would end on this date. False.[citation needed]

2013 National debt paid off For years, the subject of national debt has been a political point of contention, with the Republicans typically favoring paying it all off, and the Democrats more willing to spend to pull the country out of recessions in the economy. Clinton, a Democrat, at one point proposed paying off the debt by 2015. False.

Microchipping Americans Microchips are small computer chips, typically embedded in pets in case they get lost, that contain information about the pet. Some, more paranoid, people worry about the government microchipping everyone in an effort to monitor their activities. False, although RFID implants do exist.

Homelessness ended in MA In 2008, the Commission To End Homelessness in Massachusetts, under Governor Deval Patrick, proposed a plan to all but eliminate homelessness over the next five years (hence the 2013 end-date on the comic). False.

Health care reform law repealed A health care reform law, popularly known as Obamacare, was signed into law in 2010. Ever since, many Republicans have tried (in vain) to repeal it, disliking the idea that government should provide and require healthcare. Too early; almost repealed in 2017.

2014 US leaves Afghanistan After the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan, which at the time allegedly hosted the headquarters of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization behind the attacks. The war has gone on since then, with the public growing increasingly tired of it. Public support now favors a withdrawal, but for military and logistical reasons, the government cannot simply move all the troops currently in Afghanistan home right now. For one, that would cause immediate chaos in the country. Therefore, the government instead promises to eventually withdraw all troops, planning on doing so by the end of 2014. False. As of October 2019, 13,000 US troops remain in Afghanistan.

GNU/Linux dominant OS An operating system, or OS, is the software that forms the structure in which applications on you computer function. Some typical OSs include Mac OS X, Windows 10, and Linux. The first two of those three are commercial products, sold as a copy by a company. The last is an open-source OS, one that anyone can download and modify free. Typically, open-source software is used by a small number of socially conscious people. False, although Linux-based Android dominated phones since 2011.

2015 New Horizon reaches Pluto The New Horizon spacecraft is a U.S. space mission designed to go to Pluto and take photographs, collect samples, etc. True. It reached Pluto on July 14, 2015.

Healthcare law causes hyperinflation The National Inflation Association warns that the Healthcare Bill to Cause U.S. Hyperinflation By 2015 False.

Millennium development goals achieved Millennium Development Goals False.

2016 Baby boomers begin turning 65 Baby boomers are individuals conceived in the years following World War Two, roughly defined as those born from 1946-1959. This isn't so much a prediction as basic math; if you were born in 1946, you turned 65 in 2011. True.

Android takes 38%/45% of market share Android is a popular operating system for smartphones and tablets, created by Google. Market share is the percentage of all devices that use the product, in this case the Android operating system. These entries together are humorous because they cannot both happen at the same time. Too late; passed these marks in 2010.

Windows phone overtakes iOS iOS is the operating system used by Apple iPhones. At the time of the comic, Apple's mobile OS is much more popular than Microsoft's. The article Randall found predicts that the tables will turn. However, Windows Phone was discontinued in 2017, with support for the last version (Windows Phone 10) ending on December 10, 2019. False.

2017 China completes lunar mission The Chinese space program has plans for extraterrestrial exploration, including a manned mission to the moon. False.

Social Security stops running surplus The first of many predictions about the United States Social Security trust fund program, all predicting its decline due to a variety of factors. False

US budget balanced The United States federal budget outlines how much the US government spends on what in a given fiscal year. The budget is not required to be balanced, and so often more money is spent than is earned in revenue, causing the national debt to rise. False. Still far negative.

Newspapers become obsolete and die out The increasing popularity of internet media and mobile devices has caused a steady decline in the popularity of print media. False. Though newspapers are in decline, they are certainly not obsolete as of 2017.

Cosmetic surgery doubles Cosmetic Surgery False. According to the ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons), 1.6 million cosmetic surgeries were performed in 2011, while 1.8 million were performed in 2017, an increase of only 0.2 million.

2018 Social Security stops running surplus Social Security again. Still false.

Jesus returns to Earth A number of Christians have attempted to predict the return of Christ (a.k.a. the second coming, the rapture) using clues from The Bible, even though the Bible itself says that "no man can know the date". Several predicted dates have come and gone. False

2019 Social Security stops running surplus Social Security again. Still false.

Every baby has genes mapped at birth Gene Mapping False.

2020 Solar power becomes cheaper than fossil fuels Scientists estimate that more than half of the fossil fuels in existence have already been found and that fossil fuel production will begin to decline due to the scarcity, causing prices to increase. At the same time, improvements in solar technology are causing the prices for solar energy to steadily decrease. True, though only in certain cases.

Keyboards and mice become obsolete Computer input device are beginning to adopt other methods of input, such as voice commands, touch screens, and eye tracking. While the use of touch screens in particular is gaining widespread use, as of 2014 none has come close to making keyboards and mice obsolete. None of them allows text input as fast as a keyboard, and none is suitable for writing program code. False. While touchscreen devices are increasingly common, both laptop and desktop computers are still very much in use. Mice continue to be used alongside touchscreens and trackpads, and keyboards remain the dominant method of writing on computers.

New Tappan Zee bridge constructed A replacement bridge was announced in 2008. Too late; completed in 2017.

2021 US debt reaches 97% of GDP US Debt Too late; reached in 2011.

US unemployment falls to 2.8% Unemployment in the United States

Restored caliphate unifies Middle East A caliphate is a form of Islamic political-religious leadership, centred around a Caliph, or successor to the prophet Muhammad. This may be foreshadowing of the Islamic State of Iraq and greater Syria, which has as its goal the creation of a restored caliphate.

Lake Mead evaporates Formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States (measured by maximum capacity). It hasn't reached its capacity since 1983, due to drought and increased demand for water. This is linked to global warming.

2022 Kilimanjaro snow-free At 5,895 metres, Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, and the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Around 85% of its ice cover disappeared between 1912 and 2011, and it continues to recede.

HTML 5 finished The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) began work on HTML 5 in 2004. Too late; 5.0 specification released in 2014, but incremental updates continue.

Newspapers become obsolete and die out This is the second time this prediction has appeared.

2023 Jesus returns to Earth (again) A number of Christians have attempted to predict the return of Christ (a.k.a. the second coming, the rapture) using clues from The Bible, even though the Bible itself says that "no man can know the date". Several predicted dates have come and gone.

US debt passes 100% of GDP This references the common fear that US Debt will exceed GDP, possibly causing economic turmoil. Too late; reached in 2012.

All unprotected ancient forests gone from Pacific Northwest Likely due to a combination of wildfire and deforestation

2024 Atlantis begins to reappear Atlantis is the name of a fictional/hypothetical island, which is supposed to have been lost beneath the sea.

Orangutans extinct in wild Orangutans are a species of great ape, currently classed as an endangered species, and found only in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.

China lands men and women on the moon The Chinese space program has plans for extraterrestrial exploration, including a manned mission to the moon.

NASA sets up permanent moon base There has been a lot of hype recently about finally returning to the moon, vis-a-vis Orion.

Female professionals pass males in pay There are two possible explanations for this entry: Either it's fear-mongering from misogynists or, more probably, an erroneous extrapolation from the current rate at which female incomes are catching up to male incomes.

2025 World population reaches 8 billion Given current rates, it seems unlikely it will take this long to hit 8 billion, but advances in birth control options and especially their availability in developing nations may slow the current rate considerably.

Two billion people face water shortages http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/28-01-2008/103693-water_crisis-0/

62 MPG cars introduced 62 miles per gallon, ~3.8 L/100km. 62 MPG is a very good mileage rate at today's standard, even though some cars can be driven carefully so as to attain over 100 MPG.

US power fades http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-us-power-will-fade-by-2025/ Hard to know what the precise metric for this would be.

2026 Atlantis emerges completely Atlantis is the name of a fictional/hypothetical island, which is supposed to have been lost beneath the sea. It seems that it has taken 2 years for it to emerge completely.

Rock Bands die out https://bestbands.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/rock-bands-to-die-out-by-2026/

Car accidents cease Presumably, cars will be fully automated and able to pilot themselves at this point and will have fail-safes that prevent collisions currently attributed to user error. Car accidents will always be possible, however, due to mechanical and electrical failures.

West coast falls into ocean Most likely due to a significant seismic event

2027 Japan introduces new fastest Maglev train Japan's railway systems are famous for their "bullet trains", or Shinkansen. The Chūō Shinkansen is planned to be opened in this year.

Lyndon Larouche-planned Mars colony is established http://totse.mattfast1.com/en/technology/space_astronomy_nasa/moonmars.html

Social Security stops running surplus Social Security again.

2028 Tobacco outlawed Tobacco products (cigarettes and chewing tobacco) have become more and more taboo in modern culture, with most public places and private businesses forbidding their use indoors and near places children congregate.

40% of coral reefs gone Many factors have been attributed to the decline of coral reefs, including mining, over fishing, and rising ocean tempteratures.

US debt paid off US Debt

Social Security stops running surplus Social Security again

2029 Social Security trust fund exhausted Social Security

Computers pass the Turing test It is no coincidence that 2029 is the timeline for Terminator Movies. Some computer programs already clear the Turing Test about 30% of the time.

Aging reversed Manhattan Beach Project to reverse aging by 2029

Wikipedia reaches 30 Million articles As of 00:00, 5 January 2015 (UTC), Wikipedia has over 34 million total articles, if all languages are included. The source being cited may have meant the English language Wikipedia, which has only 5.94 million articles, as of 1 October 2019.

2030 Half of Amazon rain forest lost to logging WWF press release - Climate Change Speeds Up Amazon’s Destruction referring to a report on the Amazon's vicious cycles (PDF)

Cancer deaths double from 2008 levels From the Global Cancer Burden to Nearly Double by 2030 article about the article from page 37 of Global Cancer Facts & Figures 2nd edition.

Arctic ice-free in summer http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091015-arctic-ice-free-gone-video-ap.html

2031 Computers controlled by thought http://www.gizmag.com/future-mobile-technology/17554/ As of 2017, this is already possible

Realtors replaced by technology http://agbeat.com/editorials/will-realtors-be-replaced-by-technology-by-the-year-2031/

Social Security trust fund exhausted http://crfb.org/blogs/cbo-95-percent-confident-social-security-trust-fund-runs-out-25-years

2032 "Big One" hits San Francisco http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Quake-scientists-predict-Big-One-likely-by-2032-2653745.php San Franscisco is located on the San Andreas Fault, which is predicted to produce a magnitude 7+ earthquake in the 'near future'. This event is referred to as "The Big One".

US elects first married lesbian President http://4chandata.org/g/In-what-major-ways-do-you-think-the-world-of-2032-will-be-different-from-that-of-today-a20155

Entire world converted to Christianity http://www.goddiscussion.com/38920/christian-domininionsts-to-take-over-the-world-by-2032/

2033 Kilimanjaro ice disappears http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/11/02/idUSL2210825

India becomes superpower https://www.facebook.com/pages/India-A-SuperPower-by-2033/151177191568098 ?

2034 US diabetes cases double, treatment costs triple U.S. diabetes cases to double, costs triple by 2034

US builds autonomous robot army The concept of robots built for military service is another common element of science fiction stories. Unmanned Systems article, about the 2009-2034 Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap publication (details at Amazon)

2035 80% of America's energy comes from renewable sources From fact sheet on Obama's State of the Union

Himalayan glaciers down 80% in size From an IPCC report on The Himalayan glaciers that has been analysed in quite some depth. See for example detailed article on an anatomy of IPCC’s mistake.

Arctic sea lane opens Arctic sea lane could open by 2035

2036 80% of US has access to high-speed rail Obama: 80 Percent of Americans Should Have Access to High Speed Rail By 2036

Asteroid Apophis misses/hits Earth http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis/ http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis/ 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a probability of up to 2.7% that it would hit Earth on April 13, 2029.

2037 Arctic ice-free in September Arctic sea ice decline

Social Security trust fund exhausted Social Security

2038 32-bit timestamps roll over, causing Y2K-level chaos 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038, the value of time_t rolls over, that is it will return to zero. time_t is a computing standard measurement of time; it is a count of the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970. time_t is used by most computer systems to store date and time information. It is recommended that new software should convert to a 64 bit time_t; indeed, most operating systems designed to run on 64-bit hardware already use signed 64-bit time_t integers. This would give an epoch of 15:30:08 UTC on 4 December 292,277,026,596 (292 billion years away). Of course, legacy systems may not be upgradable so action taken now should prevent this becoming a problem closer to 2038...

2039 US population hits 400 Million U.S. Population Projected to Hit 400 Million in 2039

Severe heat waves become commonplace Heat waves and extremely high temperatures could be commonplace in the U.S. by 2039, Stanford study finds

Scientology becomes majority religion in US Essay: Scientology in the year 2039

2040 Arctic summers ice-free Arctic Summer Could be Ice-Free by 2040

Nanotechnology makes humans immortal Nanotech could make humans immortal by 2040, futurist says

2041 Social Security trust fund exhausted Social Security

2043 World population passes 9 Billion Population growth

2044 Mankind genetically engineered to be happy Premise of the movie Zenith - further details are in the film review for Zenith

Childhood obesity reaches 100% 100-Percent Childhood Obesity Predicted by 2044

2045 Humans and machines merge Ray Kurzweil predicts of 'singularity' which will lead to race of super intelligent beings

2046 World's natural resources depleted Peak uncertainty, when will we run out of fossil fuels?

2047 World ruled by banks and corporations Future Schlock - the story of a world turned upside down in 2047

Tobacco industry fails Experts: Big Tobacco dead by 2047, possibly sooner

US begins using autonomous attack drones US Air Force prepares drones to end era of fighter pilots

2048 Salt-water fish extinct from overfishing WWF report on Unsustainable fishing

Unisex bathing suits cover body from shoulder to ankle RyansWorld: Bathing Suits of the Future

Entire US population overweight Article archive - Scientists Say Thin People Face Extinction in United States: Everyone Will Be Overweight by 2048 – And Less Smart

2049 $1.000 computer exceeds computational ability of humanity TechNotes: Trends in Technology

Singularity occurs The Singularity Is Near

Fishing industry collapses This tends to happen when your food-stock is extinct - see WWF report on Unsustainable fishing

2050 80% of Earth's population lives in urban centers 80% of world population will soon be in urban areas

China controls space Space Science & Technology in China: A Roadmap to 2050

Sex with robots possible Forecast: Sex and Marriage with Robots by 2050

Cars banned from European cities EU to ban cars from cities by 2050

One million species extinct from climate change By 2050 Warming to Doom Million Species, Study Says

2051 Atmosphere escapes into space Conspiracy theory relating to Fallstreak hole or hole punch clouds.

2052 Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security spending exceed total US revenue Social Security

2053 US budget balanced OMB releases long-term projections for the FY2015 budget proposal

Cars driven by dogs This has already occurred in 2012!

2054 Hunger becomes unimaginable global problem Hunger Could Be 'Unimaginable' Global Problem By 2054

2055 Atmospheric CO2 doubled Carbon Mitigation Initiative: Stabilization Wedges

Oil runs out Peak uncertainty, when will we run out of fossil fuels?

Copper, tin, lead, gold, and nickel all exhausted 5 Valuable Metals That Could Vanish by 2055

2056 RFID-tagged driverless cars RFID-tagged driverless cars on roads by 2056

Robots given same rights as humans Robots Given Same Rights As Humans By 2056

2057 150 Japanese settlers on Mars Will Japan colonize Mars?

Colorado River runs dry Colorado River Reservoirs Could Bottom Out From Warming

2058 Smoking ends in New Zealand Smoking to die out in NZ by 2058

2059 Humans have domesticated robots Virtual necking, demography, and robots

2060 Human race lives in peace ARAS vision/mission

Extreme droughts across much of Earth Extreme drought across most of Earth by 2060

Global temperature rise reaches 4 °C Avoiding dangerous climate change

Oil runs out again Oil may run out by 2060: HSBC

2061 Halley's comet returns Halley's comet returns to the inner solar system (the vicinity of earth and the sun) every 75.3 years. The last time it was near earth was in 1985-1986. When it next returns, its closest approach to the sun will occur on 28 July 2061.[4]

2062 Uganda hosts World Cup Uganda to host world cup in 2062

The Jetsons The Jetsons was an animated science fiction sitcom that first aired in 1962. The show was set in the year 2062.

2063 First human clones reach adulthood The Fall - Last Days of Gaia Diary #2

Population of Mars reaches 10,000 Air Force Predictions for 2063 (1963)

Spacecraft exceed speed of light Physics as currently understood states that it is impossible to exceed the speed of light. A monumental shift in our physics would have had to have occurred for this to come true. This is a reference to the 8th Star Trek feature Film: "Star Trek: First Contact" where Zefram Cochrane performs the first human Warp Flight on April 5, 2063.

2064 Clean Air Act finishes reducing haze in national parks to natural levels State plan guarantees a hazy future for Texas’ wilderness areas

2065 Last coral reefs die out From an article about a video called Reefs on the Edge set in 2065 where a 15-year-old girl tells her grandfather's stories of coral reefs, and their demise.

Chernobyl cleanup complete Chernobyl clean in 55 years time?

2066 Cyprus achieves its goal This is from some forum posts on the decendants of Cypriots that lends support to the autonomy of Cyprus from Greek or Turkey.

2067 Americans live in domed cities and watch 3D TV The article at Artifact of the Month: Slide rule, 1916 includes information from the International Slide Rule Museum that "in 1967, Keuffel & Esser Co. commissioned a study of the future, predicting that Americans in 2067 would live in domed cities and watch 3D television."

Redheads go extinct Are redheads going extinct?

2068 Ozone hole over Antarctic finishes recovering NASA Study Finds Clock Ticking Slower On Ozone Hole Recovery

Lord Jesus rules the Earth from Throne in Jerusalem. The Resurrections -- What Really Happens

Entire world population gay due to chemicals in the water Alex Jones talks about chemicals that make people gay

2069 Public masturbation legalized It's still not okay to Pull Your Penis out in Public

2070 World population peaks Global population to peak in 2070

City-scale flooding disasters City-scale flooding disasters predicted by 2070

60% of world's energy comes from renewable sources What Is Alternative Energy All About?

2071 Europe's temperatures rise by 3 °C Projection of Economic impacts of climate change in Sectors of the European Union based on bottom-up Analysis

World summer temperatures rise by 5 °C See "Air temperature changes in the 21st century"

2072 US retirement age is set to 75 Up to 70-80 years

2073 Oceans do not rise one foot More like 2 feet

2074 Number of 100-year-olds reaches one million UK to have 1 million centenarians by 2074

Supertyphoons hit Japan Super typhoons in store as seas warm

2075 US retirement age set to 69 Retirement age at 69? Deficit plan hits Social Security

2076 Average scientific paper has more than 24 authors Multiple Authorship in Biochemistry and Other Fields (PDF)

Social Security trust fund exhausted Social Security

2078 Newspapers become obsolete and die out The same prediction was made for 2017 and 2022. Even when most prognosticators agree that something will happen, there can still be much disagreement about when it will happen.

2079 US debt reaches 716% of GDP US Debt

Lodgepole pines disappear from Northwest Climate change causing demise of lodgepole pine in western North America

Floods commonplace Floods To Become Commonplace By 2080

Religion marginalized http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11347073

2080 Federal spending reaches 70% of GDP Our debt problems are far from solved (PDF)

UK population doubles Britain's population to hit 110 million

2082 World population declines to one billion Population: The Elephant in the Room

2084 Robot policemen introduced Robotic cops set to stamp out crime by 2084

2085 US deficit reaches 62% of GDP Paul Krugman Throws In Towel, Says We’re Headed For Another Depression

2088 Japan becomes all-robot country Japan To Become All Robot Country By 2088

2089 World halts fossil fuel use Fossil Fuels

2090 Global warming hits 7 °C Models warn of 7C dangerous climate change by 2090. Climate change, especially global warming, is a recurring theme in xkcd.

Global warming hits 4 °C Summarized here. In reference to Andy Bowers, “Analysis: Scientists say global warming could affect California's drinking water supply,” NPR All Things Considered, June 22, 2001

2100 Global warming around 5-7 °C Hadley Center study warns of ‘catastrophic’ 5-7°C warming by 2100 on current emissions path

Sea levels have risen by a meter or more Future sea level

Joshua trees nearly extinct Joshua Trees Nearly Wiped Out by 2100?

Earth's climate resembles that of the Cretaceous Atmospheric CO2 concentrations during ancient greenhouse climates were similar to those predicted for A.D. 2100

Emperor penguins extinct Emperor penguins face extinction

Arctic permafrost thaws Surface Permafrost Could Disappear by 2100

Rising seas flood coastal cities Rising Seas Will Affect Major U.S. Coastal Cities by 2100

Rain forests mostly gone due to climatic shifts Massive Loss of Rainforest Species by 2100

All coral reefs gone Coral Reefs Gone by 2100?

Gillette introduces 14-bladed razor Each iteration of the Gillette line of safety razors has one more blade than the previous one. MadTV has also parodied this. Over five years before MadTV did so, the Australian comedy group the D-Generation parodied the first two-bladed razor as the Gillette 3000 with 16 blades.