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The 2020s (pronounced as "twenty-twenties" or "two-thousand (and) twenties") is a decade of the Gregorian calendar that will begin on January 1, 2020 and will end on December 31, 2029.
Notable predictions and known events
- The interaction of the three main decadal solar cycles suggests an upcoming reduction in solar activity, with a low-energy period centered on 2020.[1] As suggested by John Maddox of Nature, this might mitigate the global warming trend (at least temporarily) in the 2010s and 2020s.[2]
- Assuming that the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation runs through a 70-year quasi-cycle (after peaks in 1880 and 1950), its current warm phase is likely to reach its peak.[3][4]
- The ESA (Europe),[5] CNSA (China),[6] FKA (Russia),[7] and ISRO (India)[8] each plan to send a human mission to the Moon.
- Voyager 2 is expected to stop transmitting back to Earth in the 2020s.[9]
- By the mid-2020s, the world population is projected to surpass 8 billion people, half a billion more than the 2017 population of 7.5 billion.[10]
- By 2022, India is projected to surpass China as the most populated country on Earth.[11]
- The Mars-Grunt sample return mission is proposed to launch in the mid-2020s.
- As of late 2017, global liquefied natural gas are expected to remain oversupplied in the 2020s, due to a surge in production.[12]
- By the mid-2020s, SpaceX will launch a manned mission to Mars with their BFR rocket.
In popular culture
References
- ↑ Berger, Wolfgang H.; et al. (2002). "A Case for Climate Cycles: Orbit, Sun and Moon". Climate development and history of the North Atlantic realm. Berlin: Springer. pp. 101–123. ISBN 3-540-43201-9.
- ↑ Maddox, John (1995). "Natural antidote to global warming?". Nature. 377 (6546): 193. doi:10.1038/377193a0.
- ↑ Curry, Judith A. (2008). "Potential Increased Hurricane Activity in a Greenhouse Warmed World". In MacCracken, Michael C.; Moore, Frances; Topping, John C. Sudden and disruptive climate change. London: Earthscan. pp. 29–38. ISBN 1-84407-478-1.
Assuming that the AMO continues with a 70-year periodicity, the peak of the next cycle would be expected in 2020 (70 years after the previous 1950 peak).
- ↑ Enfield, David B.; Cid-Serrano, Luis (2010). "Secular and multidecadal warmings in the North Atlantic and their relationships with major hurricane activity". International Journal of Climatology. 30 (2): 174–184. doi:10.1002/joc.1881.
- ↑ Kluger, Jeffrey (November 13, 2008). "40 Years Later, It's Moon Race 2.0". Time.
- ↑ "China considering manned lunar landing in 2025-2030". Xinhua. May 24, 2009.
- ↑ Page, Lewis (October 31, 2007). "Russia plans 2025 Moonbase, 2035 Mars shot". The Register.
- ↑ Singh, Harmeet Shah (July 17, 2009). "India's space odyssey: Moon dreams move east". CNN.
- ↑ "Voyager – Spacecraft – Spacecraft Lifetime". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2003-01-14. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- ↑ see various projections and sources at World population estimates
- ↑ "India 'to overtake China's population by 2022' - UN". BBC News. 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ↑ "Global LNG markets to face glut in 2020s". Oman Tribune. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
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