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Red Planet, A Series of Headlines
Drug-resistant COVID-19 strain discovered in India
Increased acid rain decimates Sichuan province’s annual rice yield
New COVID variant threatens Indian agricultural production
Cyclone Tara leaves 4.6 million homeless in Bangladesh
Severe drought persists in Central Africa
Jessica Watkins becomes first human to walk on Mars
Robbie, the last rhino on Earth, dies at 44
Hurricane Orlanda ravages gulf states, moves on to American Midwest More than half of California’s Central Valley Aquifer System now contaminated, officials say Offseason blights discovered in midwestern states, due to new humidity American dairy production reels from groundwater loss in California Riots over food distribution escalate in southern China Mayor Goodman of Las Vegas orders official citywide evacuation due to water shortage Laurie, the world’s last purebred polar bear, dies at 26
African refugees pour into southern Europe, overloading welfare systems
One-third of yearly produce in Corn Belt lost to Blight A3
UN to sanction ice harvesting practices in Antarctica
XSpace establishes first commercial line to Mars
Death toll climbs in flooded Amsterdam as rescue teams are spread thin
EU looks to fall as the euro collapses
Rosa Baldwin is the first child born on Mars
Japan opens its doors to 30 million refugees, absorbing some smaller Pacific nations
China reveals first commercial launch line to Mars
Dysentery outbreaks surge due to unclean drinking water in East and South Asia
Russia remains world’s largest food producer
UN issues executive order to consolidate international Mars lines
Leading biologists develop sustainable biofuel for interplanetary travel
6 years after evacuation, Jakarta is now fully submerged
UN reveals plans for UNITS: United Nations’ Interplanetary Transit System First successful crop yield in Mars’s Arcadia (MC-03) Pongo, the beloved orangutan who has come to symbolize Earth’s endangered wildlife, dies at 40 Extremist group dubbed “Ares” hijacks UNITS shuttle Italian, Greek, and French governments collapse, soon to be followed by Latin American nations Firefight between Ares and UN peacekeepers leaves 1,300 casualties UN Economic and Social Council to settle Mars land allocation disputes Ares declares its inter-nationality, garners support from Terrestrials
Ares gains control of nuclear missile center in U.S.
First sustainable cattle farm established in Eridania; more to follow in Hellas
Ares absorbs remaining Terrestrials
Antarctica fully depleted of drinkable water, reports say
Terrestrial branch of UN succumbs to Ares
Over 55,000 dead following Ares’ orbital assault on Phoenicis and Coprates
UNOM authorizes use of IPBMs to combat Ares
UNOM officially discontinues UNITS, renouncing remaining Terrestrials
Martian population established at 875,000 million and climbing
More supplementary groundwater found beneath Oxia Palus Current tree planting rates in the central 16 quadrangles will not keep up with CO2 production, scientists say UNOM backs “The Europa Project” Food shortage in Syrtis Major leads to minor insurrection
Mare Australe projected to be depleted in 20 to 30 years, according to geologists
Lucio Sacaralis becomes first human to land on Europa Diacria soil infertile, botanists find, likely due to agricultural overuse The Europa Project enters Phase 2, sending 200 pilots with infrastructure to Europa
