With the climate changing, what will the Earth look like in 50 years?

“It’s hard to say. One thing is for sure, I think our cities will continue to grow. People will continue to flock to the cities. I know there is desire and drive, among some, to leave the urban life and settle in smaller towns, especially as technology makes it easier to hold modern jobs from remote locations. However, I believe these individuals striving for a simpler life are the minority, and the majority thrives in these large metropolitan centers full of diversity and constant innovation. Humans are still relatively young and our world since the industrial revolution is VERY young. We are going to continue to evolve, innovate and create. Ideally, as we continue to further expand our civilization, it can be done via more and more sustainable means. One thing is for sure, we are continuing to the terraforming the earth and its atmosphere with our burning of fossil fuels. Quite frankly, I don’t see this stopping. Slowing down, maybe, if something better comes along, but we will most likely use oil until it is all gone, regardless the speed at which we achieve this feat….”
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“Our future depends on whether we can realize our interdependence with all of nature. Human beings see themselves apart from nature and feel they can use and exploit it. If this is not understood it will act independently to teach us. Humans are perhaps the most violent and inhumane species in the world. This exploitation of animals, birds and all living things has gone too far.”
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"Within the next 50 years, we can expect the most significant change of the planet in human history.  As humans ‘evolve’, we care more about developing mechanically (via the brain and computers) than we care about the physical world.  Besides the decimation of millions of species, the mass human migration of billions of humans, and the complete variation of the planet’s ecosystems, the earth will be transitioning away from the physical and towards a new wave of invisible, computerized evolution. "

"Climate change is a natural cycle on Earth, it has done that for all its eternity. Nothing is pre-determined – it depends what choice humans are choosing to make. We live in a crucial transition point - probably the first time in recorded history where the Earth's balance will be in the hands of humans as humans have grown to gain enough power to do so. If humans choose to live in harmony with Earth – Earth will thrive in 50 years, and the opposite of that is also true."

"The next few decades will be among the most difficult in human history.  We will hit a climax of all the pressing issues of our time.  Climate change will have taken the lives and livelihoods of billions, artificial intelligence may threaten human existence (if it deems us obsolete), every country on earth will have access to nuclear weaponry, and the disparity in wealth will be far worse than it is today.  These are just a few of the dire consequences we will face from our complacency today."

"50 years from now, we will have gone through a number of catastrophes, one of which will be devastating to the point of near extinction.  The catastrophe will be a virus, much like this one, that is 10x more deadly and 5x more contagious.  It will devastate our population to a mere 10-20 percent of what it is now, and cause such economic collapse that we will be forced to basically restart society.   This will be seen as the most significant turning point in human history (in a good way)."