#Future - In 1964, Isaac Asimov Imagined the World in 2014 - But he couldn't have known the consequences of the development he predicted—a planet whose climate is badly destabilized, whose inhabitants face mass extinctions in the years ahead.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/in-1964-isaac-asimov-imagined-the-world-in-2014/282728/

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/asimovs-2014-predictions-were-shockingly-conservative-1221478312

http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/2013-already-among-10-warmest-years-record-report-20131113

http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/146647-convenient-excuse/#ixzz2p4PgmX5F

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/23/lifetimes/asi-v-fair.html

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/25/090525fa_fact_kolbert