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In 'Lisa's Wedding', set fifteen years into the future, the Simpsons visit a Renaissance Faire against a backdrop of visible ecological decline — Springfield's environment degraded, nature reduced to themed entertainment in a hotter, busier world. Record 80 gigatonnes of glacier mass was lost in 2023 alone; around 4,000 glaciers are projected to vanish annually by 2055; and 2025 was confirmed as the hottest year in recorded human history. The episode's future Springfield was already becoming the present.
Analysis
HEATING UP: Record 80 Gt of glacier mass lost in 2023 alone. Around 4,000 glaciers projected to vanish annually by 2055. 2025 was the hottest year on record globally. This is less a prediction and more a slow-motion confirmation already well underway.
Glacier Melt / Climate Crisis is one of
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foreshadowed real-world events. This prediction appeared in S06E19 ("Lisa's Wedding"), which aired in 1995.
It has not yet been confirmed.
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