Tragedy has been striking Earth for quite sometime. From experiencing unbelievably warm weather during winter in cold weather states, to remarkably insane tropical storms, not to mention, do seasons even exist anywhere anymore? You might be familiar with the cause—something we refer to as Global Warming. Rising sea levels due to Global Warming is another one of the many severe effects, and even threatens to completely reshape the U.S. Eventually, costal cities will essentially be extinct.
Researchers at University of Southern California have recently determined that at the rate sea level is rising, 13 million people will be inevitably demanded to relocate to a different city by 2100. Right now you’re probably thinking how terrible it would be to live in one of these cities and thankful that you don’t, but the reality is every single person is going to be effected.
The study was published earlier this week and used trained artificial intelligence to project existing rising sea levels and combined it with population projections to predict where people would migrate. When these cities are destroyed, people are going to have to have somewhere to relocate, which means rising population in inland areas near the coasts, metropolitan areas in southeast U.S., and rural areas in the Midwest. Austin, Texas is predicted to be at the top of the destination list of migrants from the southeastern coast. What this means is not only will billions of people be forced to relocate and completely start a new life, billions of other people will be forced to adapt to accommodate the sudden, extremely large rise in population of their current cities.
What will be done to expand the anticipated migration cities to accommodate such large numbers of people? What will happen to the pricing of homes, and job availability? The geography of the U.S. is going to change fast and dramatically over the next few decades, and we need to prepare. Click the link for the full article! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200122150021.htm
University of Southern California. “Sea level rise could reshape the United States, trigger migration inland: AI shows climate change-driven sea-level rise could trigger mass migration to cities inland.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 22 January 2020. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200122150021.htm>.
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