Week 8 - New York City

Visiting the future of our world was like traveling to a completely different world. Due to the overuse of fossil fuels and other activities that produce greenhouse gases, several drastic changes took place. The once bustling metropolis of New York City has gone through many changes, most notable is the absence of any residence. Initially, the melting glaciers caused sea level to rise to the point where much of the city was submerged, with only the tallest buildings still defiantly piercing the waves. This, however, is not the New York that I find myself in. By the time I arrive a new ice age has dawned, though to call it an ice age is rather generous. The overall warming of the planet combined with the cooling of the ice age has caused temperatures to level out at almost normal levels. The ice caps are barely larger in 7010 than they were in 2010. Sea level has receded slightly, allowing more of New York to be visible, but still mostly submerged. The inhospitable weather patterns, rise in sea level, and severe droughts decimated the human populations. The relatively few surviving humans live in a few scattered bio-domes with artificially generated environments. Due to the constant need to focus on survival for much of the intervening time, technology has not progressed as far as it should have. Thankfully, the humans of this time see the errors of the past and are working towards finding a way to restore the damaged planet to its former healthy state.