The earth is literally leaking its helium into outer space.
That’s the future of most of the world’s helium over the next 100 years, scientists say. Such is the fate of a gas lighter than air — Earth’s gravitational pull just can’t hold it.
That gap between the authors’ intentions and the book’s reception tells us something critical about flaws in the way we think about the long-term future. Just as important, it points to new and different ways to think about the future at this strange moment in human history, when that future is so uncertain.
The islands mainly deal with fish and gardens powered by solar panels. The development has assured farmers an extra mass of floating 2.2 million square feet of farming space. The multidimensional barges-like farms are created by the Forward Thinking Architecture, a firm in Barcelona.