“After great trouble for humanity,
The greater one is done;
 

A new age of gold comes,
Before the sun dries up the sea.”

• Popular Interpretation: Some link this to climate collapse—rising temperatures, wildfires, droughts, and sea-level rise. The phrase “before the sun dries up the sea” is seen as a poetic warning of extreme global heating.
• Reality Check: Nostradamus often used apocalyptic imagery common in Renaissance prophecy. “Great trouble” could refer to war, plague, or famine—events he witnessed firsthand. Most historians view this as metaphorical, not meteorological.
  

   2. A “New City” in the East and Geopolitical Shift

  Nostradamus and his predictions: three interpretations that some relate to the near future.