By: Haris Ahmad[1]
This blog is the last one of my blogs on the topic of the
events that will happen before 2100. In this, I will end our journey in time
towards the year 2100 and the events that will happen in between. I left the
last blog in 2075, so let's continue. In 2075, the ozone layer will be fully
healed.
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Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion
We discovered the ozone layer in 1913 when we realized that
there is a layer above us that is protecting us from the harmful rays of the
Sun. Most of this layer is present in the stratosphere about 50 km above the
surface of the Earth. This layer absorbs approximately 98% of the Ultraviolet
radiation of the sun and gives our planet the ability to sustain life because
if there were no ozone layer, we would have a lot of health problems and
sustainability of life would have been very hard for our planet. If there were
no ozone layer, humans would face many deadly diseases such as immune system
suppression and skin cancer. Just about, 34 years ago in Antarctica,
scientists found a hole in the ozone layer. The research found that the ozone
layer had been damaged by CFCs and according to google, CFCs are any of a
class of compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, typically gases
used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants. They are harmful to the ozone
layer in the earth's atmosphere owing to the release of chlorine atoms on
exposure to ultraviolet radiation. As a result of this research, CFCs were
banned or allowed in limited amounts by the government. According to recent
studies, we have found out that the ozone layer Is healing very fast and by
2075, it would be fully healed.
Now let's go further into time to the year 2095. If the
rate of deforestation at the Amazon forest stays the same as today, by 2095 the
Amazon would be fully cut down and there won’t be any trees left there.
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| Image Source: https://www.globalvillagespace.com/amazon-rainforest-being-cut-down-at-record-pace-under-bolsonaro/ |
This would mean that our biggest shield against climate
change would no longer be able to live. The Amazon is also called the lungs of
Earth. Therefore, the lungs of the Earth would no longer be there for us. This
would also lead to the extinction of many living things. This would mean that
the Earth would be more vulnerable to the disastrous climate change which would
cause the death of millions of people as well as animals.
Humans are rapidly progressing in all aspects and by
2100, humans would have become an interplanetary civilization which means that
we would live on different planets. Not only this but, by 2100 the population
would reach 11 billion which would not be a very good thing because if the
population increases at such high rates, Earth won’t be able to feed all of the
humans. After all, the resources would soon run out and scarcity of food and water
would cause many deaths.
This blog ended our journey to 2100 in time. I will try
my best to soon write more blogs in which we will travel further through time
and discuss the events that will happen in the upcoming years.
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