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Here's one predicition:
As core-heat comes closer to the surface, it is accompanied by volcanism, which has increased in extent and intensity over the past 2?, million years, causing a series of iceages. About the year 2100, Earth will enter upon the final iceage and, fortunately, it will be a minor one. The gradually increasing surface heat-flux, from the core-explosion, will lessen the severity and duration of the coming cool period. The pattern of future global mean temperatures will be as follows:

Year - A.D. Global Mean Temperature - Degrees Celsius


2,000 14.5
3,000 12.0 mini-iceage begins
4,000 11.0 "
5,000 10.0 "
6,000 10.0 "
7,000 10.0 "
8,000 10.0 "
10,000 11.0 "
12,000 12.0 mini-iceage ends
14,000 14.0
16,000 16.0
18,000 18.0
20,000 21.0
30,000 28.0
40,000 35.0
50,000 41.0
60,000 47.0


The El Ni?o/La Ni?a climatic regime, due to volcanism, will result in a steady increase of land-waters and cloud-cover ... which will raise the planetary albedo and lower the global mean temperature. Also, ice-melt waters (from northern ice-sheets) will surface-flood the North Atlantic, reducing evaporation and triggering the onset of the mini-iceage.

Once the global cooling trend is under way, the build-up of land-waters and ice will bring about a reduction of ocean levels ... and, by 5,000AD, these levels will be 20 metres lower than at present. However, by 20,000AD, when the global mean temperature has risen to 21 degrees Celsius, virtually all ice will have melted and ocean-levels will be 100 metres higher than at present. Then the great evaporation starts and, by 200,000AD, all water will be gone from the surface.

I won't be around to find out if he is right....