2020s

This article is about the decade in the CE calendar. For other uses, see 2020 (disambiguation).
Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s2020s2030s 2040s 2050s
Years: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties") is a decade of the Gregorian calendar. It will begin on January 1, 2020 and will end on December 31, 2029.

Pronunciation

Two pronunciations are used to mention specific years of the 21st century in English.[1][2][3][4][5] For example, 2026 is either pronounced "twenty-twenty-six" or "two thousand twenty-six".[2]

Notable predictions and known events

In popular culture

References

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  8. Curry, Judith A. (2008). "Potential Increased Hurricane Activity in a Greenhouse Warmed World". In MacCracken, Michael C.; Moore, Frances; Topping, John C. Sudden and disruptive climate change. London: Earthscan. pp. 29–38. ISBN 1-84407-478-1. Assuming that the AMO continues with a 70-year periodicity, the peak of the next cycle would be expected in 2020 (70 years after the previous 1950 peak).
  9. Enfield, David B.; Cid-Serrano, Luis (2010). "Secular and multidecadal warmings in the North Atlantic and their relationships with major hurricane activity". International Journal of Climatology. 30 (2): 174–184. doi:10.1002/joc.1881.
  10. Kluger, Jeffrey (November 13, 2008). "40 Years Later, It's Moon Race 2.0". Time.
  11. "China considering manned lunar landing in 2025-2030". Xinhua. May 24, 2009.
  12. Page, Lewis (October 31, 2007). "Russia plans 2025 Moonbase, 2035 Mars shot". The Register.
  13. Singh, Harmeet Shah (July 17, 2009). "India's space odyssey: Moon dreams move east". CNN.
  14. Finn, Peter; Pincus, Walter (2008-11-21). "Report Sees Nuclear Arms, Scarce Resources as Seeds of Global Instability". Washington Post.
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  16. Briggs, Helen (2008-02-16). "Machines 'to match man by 2029'". BBC News.
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  18. see various projections and sources at World population estimates
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