ABC asks the bold question: What will the world look like in the year 2100? How will human civilization continue in the face of rising populations, depleting natural resources and changing climates? ABC News is asking for the public's input for Earth 2100, a two-hour broadcast to air in prime time this fall.
The first installment asks about the near future, in the year 2015. Video submissions can be entered until Sunday. So far, prognostications have been made about gasoline being at over $9 a gallon -- at American prices -- and foods becoming at least three to five times more expensive than they are now.
Scenarios are set up for every region in the world. In Africa, global climate change leads to increasing desertification and more Darfur-like violent clashes among tribes.
Deforestation and destruction of natural habitats will be exacerbated in Latin America.
China and India, which each have populations of over 1 billion, will struggle to keep their populations fed.
As for the United States, major population centers on the East Coast will be ravaged by storms and the Southwest will become a dust bowl.
How will the world adapt? Let Earth 2100 know.
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