Post by the Scribe on Nov 5, 2022 23:17:48 GMT
Yahoo News
Finding safe haven in the climate change future: The Southeast
www.yahoo.com/news/finding-safe-haven-in-the-climate-change-future-the-southeast-090054441.html
David Knowles·Senior Editor
Sat, November 5, 2022 at 2:00 AM
This Yahoo News series analyzes different regions around the country in terms of climate change risks that they face now and will experience in the years to come.
As the negative consequences of rising global temperatures due to mankind's relentless burning of fossil fuels become more apparent in communities across the United States, anxiety over finding a place to live safe from the ravages of climate change has also been on the rise.
“Millions and likely tens of millions of Americans” will move because of climate through the end of the century, Jesse Keenan, an associate professor of real estate in Tulane University's School of Architecture, told Yahoo News. “People move because of school districts, affordability, job opportunities. There are a lot of drivers and I think it’s probably best to think about this as ‘climate is now one of those drivers.’”
Destroyed trailer homes are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
In late October, a report by the United Nations concluded that average global temperatures are on track to warm by 2.1 degrees Celsius to 2.9 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. As a result, the world can expect a dramatic rise in chaotic, extreme weather events. Figuring out where to ride out the coming decades, however, is no easy matter.
Calculating climate risk depends on a dizzying number of factors, including luck, latitude, elevation, the upkeep of infrastructure, long-term climate patterns, the predictable behavior of the jet stream and how warming ocean waters could impact the frequency of El Niño/La Niña cycles.
“No place is immune from climate change impacts, certainly in the continental United States, and throughout the U.S. those impacts will be quite severe,” Keenan said. “They will be more severe in some places and less severe in other places. Certain places will be more moderate in terms of temperature and some places will be more extreme, but we all share the risk of the increase of extreme events.”
In this installment, we look at one of the most-threatened regions of the country.
The Southeast
more
Finding safe haven in the climate change future: The Southeast
www.yahoo.com/news/finding-safe-haven-in-the-climate-change-future-the-southeast-090054441.html
David Knowles·Senior Editor
Sat, November 5, 2022 at 2:00 AM
This Yahoo News series analyzes different regions around the country in terms of climate change risks that they face now and will experience in the years to come.
As the negative consequences of rising global temperatures due to mankind's relentless burning of fossil fuels become more apparent in communities across the United States, anxiety over finding a place to live safe from the ravages of climate change has also been on the rise.
“Millions and likely tens of millions of Americans” will move because of climate through the end of the century, Jesse Keenan, an associate professor of real estate in Tulane University's School of Architecture, told Yahoo News. “People move because of school districts, affordability, job opportunities. There are a lot of drivers and I think it’s probably best to think about this as ‘climate is now one of those drivers.’”
Destroyed trailer homes are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
In late October, a report by the United Nations concluded that average global temperatures are on track to warm by 2.1 degrees Celsius to 2.9 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. As a result, the world can expect a dramatic rise in chaotic, extreme weather events. Figuring out where to ride out the coming decades, however, is no easy matter.
Calculating climate risk depends on a dizzying number of factors, including luck, latitude, elevation, the upkeep of infrastructure, long-term climate patterns, the predictable behavior of the jet stream and how warming ocean waters could impact the frequency of El Niño/La Niña cycles.
“No place is immune from climate change impacts, certainly in the continental United States, and throughout the U.S. those impacts will be quite severe,” Keenan said. “They will be more severe in some places and less severe in other places. Certain places will be more moderate in terms of temperature and some places will be more extreme, but we all share the risk of the increase of extreme events.”
In this installment, we look at one of the most-threatened regions of the country.
The Southeast
more