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Ohiogal

(31,669 posts)
Fri Mar 2, 2018, 02:09 PM Mar 2018

Welcome to the Age of Climate Migration

"Most people don't realize how much climate affects everything, from their property values to how hard people work," says Solomon Hsiang, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, who led a recent study that predicts, as the climate warms, there will be "a large transfer of value northward and westward." And the wealthy, who can afford to adapt, will benefit, while the poor, who will likely be left behind, will suffer. "If we continue on the current path," Hsiang says, "our analysis suggests that climate change may result in the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in the country's history."

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-migration-w516974

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Welcome to the Age of Climate Migration (Original Post) Ohiogal Mar 2018 OP
Very well done piece focusing on what people & human populations appalachiablue Mar 2018 #1
Interesting! MissB Mar 2018 #2

appalachiablue

(41,056 posts)
1. Very well done piece focusing on what people & human populations
Fri Mar 2, 2018, 05:36 PM
Mar 2018

in vulnerable regions esp. the US will experience and the reality of people with more resources migrating and adapting better in coming decades of global climate change.

I hope the safer, more resistant regions noted in the article remain that way, especially as populations increasingly on the move will cause influx and stress on infrastructure and possible ugly scenarios.

Very helpful, if scary examples of modern weather crises and migrations like the 1930s Midwest Dust Bowl, Katrina in NOLA, Andrew in FL, wildfires in CA, extreme heat in AZ, and even ancient Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

K & R Thanks much for posting.

MissB

(15,800 posts)
2. Interesting!
Fri Mar 2, 2018, 06:05 PM
Mar 2018

I’m sitting at 500’ in Portland Oregon. I will likely never move away from this house.

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