Dying Earth (genre)

Dying Earth is a subgenre of science fantasy or science fiction which takes place in the far future at either the end of life on Earth or the end of time, when the laws of the universe themselves fail. Themes of world-weariness, innocence (wounded or otherwise), idealism, entropy, heat death of the universe, (permanent) exhaustion/depletion of many or all resources (such as soil nutrients), and the hope of renewal dominate. A related subgenre set in the distant future of entropic decay is called entropic romance.