The Future of Jalisco

Jalisco is not just known for its tequila, mariachi music and beautiful women, but it also for its a unique geography that makes this state of Mexico like no other. Two volcanos can be found in southern Jalisco, the Volcan Nevado de Colima,a snowcapped peak reaching an altitude of 4,260 meters, and the Colima Volcano, at 3,820 meters over sea level. The highest peaks in Jalisco's territory also include Cerro Viejo at 2,960 meters, Talapa Sierra at 2,880, and the Los Huicholes Sierra at 2,860 meters above sea level. 

Los Altos Sierra in northern Jalisco

Jalisco is right next to the pacific ocean, and is home to the largest lagoon in the country, the Laguna de Chapala. Jalisco has a wide variety of climatic conditions across the state, including hot semi-humid with rainy summers in the coast, semi-dry temperate up in the sierras, and semi-hot sub-humid in the valleys that spread along most of the central part of the state.

With the help of physical geography we can better understand how earth came to be the way it is now. But most importantly it can help us predict what earth will look like in the future.

Jalisco 10,000 years in the future.

The geography of certain landscapes is always changing. Even though 10,000 years isn’t much of time if measured in geologic time, it can still cause significant change to the physical geography Jalisco. 50 million years ago the earth experienced an intense global warming. There is evidence that the same thing is happening today. 10,000 years may not be much when talking about geography time but I predict that global warming will continue to increase and as a result the sea leavels will dramatically increase due to the melting of the polar ice caps.

Areal Sea dimminashing in just 14 years.

 With global warming also comes droughts and intense heat. There is evidence to support that many lakes have been drying up. This means that in 10,000 years from now many of the bodies of water found in Jalisco will disappear, including the Laguna de Chalapa- largest lagoon in the country.


 Jalisco 1,000,000 years in the future.

We know that the tectonic plates are moving at about 2.5 centimeters per year, which equals a total of 250,000 cm in 100,000 years (about 8,333 feet.) For Jalisco this means that the coast line would be pushed back about 833 feet. In other words places near the coast such as Puerto Vallarta would  disappear due to movement of  tectonic plates, coastal erosion, rise in sea level, and weathering that will take place over the years.


Jalisco 100,000,000 years in the future.
100,0000,000 years from now Jalisco will be completely different from today. I predict that all present mountains, peaks, and sierras will be completely eroded. Instead there will be new ones that will have been created. Also I predict that the Volcan Nevado de Colima will likely undergo a super volcanic eruption large enough to erupt 3,200 km³ of magma; an event comparable to the Toba super eruption 75,000 years ago. All the continents on Earth will fuse into a supercontinent. Three potential arrangements of this configuration have been dubbed due to tectonic pressure and movement. An finally I think all the humans will definatly be extinctt 100,000,000 years from now.

Souces
http://www.explorandomexico.com/state/13/Jalisco/geography/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future