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https://features.propublica.org/climate-migration/model-how-climate-refugees-move-across-continents/>
"ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, with support from the
Pulitzer Center, have for the first time modeled how climate refugees
might move across international borders. This is what we found."
[...]
"For most of human history, people have lived within a surprisingly
narrow range of temperatures, in the places where the climate supported
abundant food production. But as the planet warms, that band is suddenly
shifting north. According to a pathbreaking recent study in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the planet could see a
greater temperature increase in the next 50 years than it did in the
last 6,000 years combined. By 2070, the kind of extremely hot zones,
like in the Sahara, that now cover less than 1% of the earth’s land
surface could cover nearly a fifth of the land, potentially placing 1 of
every 3 people alive outside the climate niche where humans have thrived
for thousands of years. Many will dig in, suffering through heat, hunger
and political chaos, but others will be forced to move on."
Via Paul Ferguson.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
