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2060 (MMLX) will be a leap year starting on Thursday (dominical letter DC) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2060th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 60th year of the 3rd millennium, the 60th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2060s decade.

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Predictions

  • April 30 – A solar eclipse is predicted to occur.
  • October 24 – A solar eclipse is predicted to occur.
  • One third of the world's energy could be solar, according to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
  • Temperatures could rise by 4°C.
  • Sea levels will rise by 9-24 inches.
  • China and India combined will be economically larger than the entire developed world.
  • The Office for National Statistics has predicted that the United Kingdom's population will be 81 million.
  • Japan estimates that 40% of its population will be of retirement age, whilst its population will have shrunk by 30% from its maximum.

    • Metaphysical speculation

  • Isaac Newton predicted that the world, according to his interpretation of the Bible, would end no sooner than 2060.

    • In fiction

  • In The Planet of Doubt, the Young expedition explores Uranus.
  • The storyline of the anime The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz is set in the year 2060.
  • On September 14, in the game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, the United Nations Starship Unity launches from the remnants of Earth to the Alpha Centauri System and the planet Chiron.
  • BE, a concept album by Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation, tells that in this year the human population will be reduced to only 1.2 million.
  • In the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Jonathan Irons, the CEO of Atlas, a privatized military corporation, carries out a domestic terror attack by destroying the Golden Gate Bridge on June 15, killing hundreds of thousands, effectively triggering a third World War, which he states will be 'the end of all wars.'

    • References

    2060 Wikipedia
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