2020s

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The 2020s is the 3rd decade of the 21st century of the Anno Domini (common) era. It will begin on January 1, 2020 and end on December 31, 2029.

• By the end of the decade, world population is projected to surpass 8 billion people.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Notable predictions and known events

• Solar scientists predict that, by 2020, the sun will be starting into its weakest Schwabe solar cycle of the past two centuries.
• Greenland ice sheet is melting at least a tripled rate from today if the current trend continues^{[citation needed]}.
• NASA expects to land another group of astronauts on the moon.
• Voyager 2 is expected to stop transmitting back to Earth in the 2020s^{[citation needed]}
• Futurist Ray Kurzweil puts 2029 as the year most likely for The Singularity. He also predicts that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will reach human intelligence levels around this time. Also, in the 2020s, computers will surpass the capabilities of the human brain.be-x-old:2020-я

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