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Record Ocean Heat Is Intensifying Climate Disasters 0126.rtf
The Biggest Climate Migration Problem May Be that There’s Not Enough of It 0126.rtfThe Coming Catastrophe?What if We're on a Much Worse Climate Trajectory than We Realize? 1225.rtf - - This article / opinion begins "What if we really are heading for a +5° hotter world after all? "2 mechanisms determine the planet’s temperature trajectory: the greenhouse effect and planetary albedo. We have a pretty good handle on the 1st, but the 2nd remains a muddle and a wildcard. "One very senior scientist in particular - Columbia University’s James E. Hansen - keeps warning us that mainstream science is getting albedo badly wrong. If he’s right, we’re in for a much bumpier climate ride than we realize. "Changes in albedo — the proportion of the sun’s energy that gets reflected back out into space, rather than absorbed by the Earth — turn out to be tricky to model. The way clouds interact with aerosols, in particular, continues to stump scientists: it’s the biggest source of uncertainty in the IPCC’s estimates. "Hansen argues that some types of pollution make clouds much brighter, and albedo much stronger, with the unfortunate and paradoxical effect that cleaning it up accelerates global warming. If he’s right, we’re facing 4 or 5° of warming, not 2 or 3°. And that’s a much, much more unstable atmosphere. "It would be nice to be able to dismiss Hansen as some sort of crank, but he certainly isn’t that. Hansen is one of the world’s most highly regarded climate scientists. He’s the guy whose 1988 Congressional testimony first brought concentrated attention to global warming as an issue of political significance.... "If James Hansen is right, we’re in big big trouble. Way bigger trouble than we realized. If James Hansen is right, the most serious climate impacts could start piling up within just a decade or 2, not deep into the 22nd century as standard climate models suggest. If James Hansen is right, we need to get over our shit and understand we’ve been unwittingly managing solar radiation for half a century, and have only recently stopped doing it, leading to a kind of undiagnosed termination shock from the cessation of an unintended spell of geo-engineering. If James Hansen is right, the case for dramatic interventions to curb the worst impacts of climate change is much stronger than we’d realized."100s Killed as Floods Ravage North Pakistan 0825.rtfAs Climate Disasters Kill in Pakistan, the True Scale Is Unknown 0525.rtfSunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards 1224.rtfWeather Extremes Influence Illegal US-Mexico Migration and Return 1124.rtfDozens Killed in Spain Floods 1024.rtfHow Climate Disasters Are Making Mobile Homes a Huge Risk 1024.rtfCompany Losing Money to Climate Change? Move to the Midwest, Survey Says 1024.rtfA Break from the Heat - Americans Most Harmed by Climate Crisis Head Midwest 0924.rtfUN Sees Refugee Resettlement Needs Jumping 20% on Wars, Climate 0624.rtfClimate Migration Concerns Surpass Fears of Russian Aggression in Europe 0224.rtfClimate Change to Kill 14.5 million Humans by 2050, but Mostly Not Directly 0224.rtfClimate Migration Will Leave the Elderly Behind 0124.rtfClick for more‘Sea Is Constantly Dumping Bodies’ - Libya Flood Death Toll May Hit 20,000 - 0923.rtfWildfire Triggers Race to Evacuate Entire Canadian City of Yellowknife 0823.rtfOld People Burn to Death in Their Home as Mediterranean Wildfire Toll Mounts 0723.rtfRecord Hot Oceans Are Driving Weather Disasters around the World 0723.rtfUS Already Has 12 Billion-Dollar Disasters in 2023 - 0723.rtfNumber of Internally Displaced People Hits Record, due to War, Climate Change 0523.rtfRising Seas Threaten ‘Mass Exodus on a Biblical Scale’, UN Chief Warns 0223.rtfDisasters Displaced More than 3 Million Americans in 2022 - 0223.rtf‘Cascading Crises’ as Climate, Health Emergencies Soar 0123.rtfClimate Change is Fueling Conflict and Migration in Lake Chad 0123.rtfClimate Change & Conflict - Somalian Mothers Risk All for Their Starving Children 0123.rtfMass Climate Migration Is Coming 0123.rtfThe Selfish Case for Climate Justice 1022.rtf - Wealthy countries can embrace an agenda that helps the most vulnerable parts of the world address catastrophic flooding, deadly famines, and unchecked migration — and in doing so help prevent destabilizing ripple effects. Or wealthy countries can dismiss the concerns of their developing counterparts and hunker down to await the inevitable shock waves.
Already, drought has uprooted communities in Central America, driving migrants to cities and, eventually, to the U.S. Meanwhile, drought in Syria has contributed to the struggles driving over a million migrants from the war-torn country to Europe. These movements of people have, respectively, stoked political upheaval in the U.S. and helped topple governments in Europe....Prolonged Drought Brings Famine, Death and Fear to Somalia 1022.rtfClimate Migrants Flee Iraq’s Parched Rural South, but Cities Offer No Refuge 0922.rtfWhere We'll End Up Living as the Planet Burns 0822.rtfRise in Extreme Heat Will Hit Minority Communities Hardest 0822.rtfHow Marine Heat Waves in Hawaii Have Ripple Effects All the Way to Arizona 0522.rtfDroughts to Increase Human Migration at Least 200% - 0422.rtfGlobal Losses from Catastrophes Reached $270 Billion in 2021 - 0322.rtfWhy We Don’t Yet Know How Bad Climate Migration Will Get 0322.rtfClimate Change Turns Brazil’s Favelas into Mudslide Disasters Waiting to Happen 0222.rtfWeather Disasters Affected 1 in 10 US Homes Last Year 0222.rtf9 Months In, 2021 Has Already Seen the 2nd-Most $ Billion Weather Disasters 1021.rtfClimate Change Refugee Crisis Coming – Turkey’s Erdogan 0921.rtfClimate Change Could Force 200 Million People to Move by 2050 - 0921.rtfDrought Has Farmworkers Dreaming of Escape from California’s Central Valley 0921.rtfClimate Change Is Already Rejiggering Where Americans Live 0921.rtf ....Climate Change Is Bankrupting America’s Small Towns 0921.rtf - Rebuild or relocate? Some of each, for shrinking towns, with lots of rotting abandoned structures.Weather, Climate Disasters Surge 5-fold in 50 Years 0921.rtfAmericans Are Moving to Parts of the US That Are Getting Dangerously Hot 0821.rtf - The observed migration is the reverse direction of what makes sense from a climate perspective.A Carbon Calculation - How Many Deaths Do Emissions Cause? 0721.rtf - take 2. See take 1 above in “Broad Impacts” section.Stuck in the Smoke, Even the Ultra-Rich 0721.rtfClimate Crisis Will Create 2 Classes - Those Who Can Flee, and Those Who Can’t 0721.rtfClimate Disasters Displaced Many More People than War in 2020, but Many More War Victims Stayed Displaced 0521.rtfClimate Change a Major Factor in Migration Increase at U.S. Southern Border 0421.rtfMore than 10 Million People Displaced by Climate Disasters in 6 Months 0321.rtfClimate Change Driving Increased Migration from Central America 0221.rtfRecord Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Struck the U.S. in 2020 - 0121.rtfClimate Change Contributed to More than 70 Disasters in Nature since 2015 - 0121.rtfIs Pakistan Prepared to Deal with Climate Migration? 0121.rtfClimate Change Devastates Central American Coffee Farms, Spurring Migration 1220.rtfClimate Change Could Create 63 Million Migrants in South Asia by 2050 - 1220.rtfClimate Change, Migration and Urbanization Patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa 1120.rtf2020 Has Seen a Record Number of $1+ Billion Climate Disasters 1020.rtfWildfire-Weary Californians, Tired of This Being Normal, May Uproot Their Lives 0920.rtfHow Climate Migration Will Reshape America 0920.rtfClimate Crisis Could Displace 1.2 Billion People by 2050 - 0920.rtfFuture of the Human Climate Niche Portends Moving 1:3 of Humans to Cooler Areas 0620.rtfMillions More Americans Will Face Climate Disasters with Warming 0520.rtfExtreme Weather Disasters and Wars Displace Millions 0420.rtfWhen Climate Change Drove All the Men Away 0220.rtfNatural Disasters Could Cost 20% More by 2040 due to Climate Change 0220.rtf
Already, drought has uprooted communities in Central America, driving migrants to cities and, eventually, to the U.S. Meanwhile, drought in Syria has contributed to the struggles driving over a million migrants from the war-torn country to Europe. These movements of people have, respectively, stoked political upheaval in the U.S. and helped topple governments in Europe....Prolonged Drought Brings Famine, Death and Fear to Somalia 1022.rtfClimate Migrants Flee Iraq’s Parched Rural South, but Cities Offer No Refuge 0922.rtfWhere We'll End Up Living as the Planet Burns 0822.rtfRise in Extreme Heat Will Hit Minority Communities Hardest 0822.rtfHow Marine Heat Waves in Hawaii Have Ripple Effects All the Way to Arizona 0522.rtfDroughts to Increase Human Migration at Least 200% - 0422.rtfGlobal Losses from Catastrophes Reached $270 Billion in 2021 - 0322.rtfWhy We Don’t Yet Know How Bad Climate Migration Will Get 0322.rtfClimate Change Turns Brazil’s Favelas into Mudslide Disasters Waiting to Happen 0222.rtfWeather Disasters Affected 1 in 10 US Homes Last Year 0222.rtf9 Months In, 2021 Has Already Seen the 2nd-Most $ Billion Weather Disasters 1021.rtfClimate Change Refugee Crisis Coming – Turkey’s Erdogan 0921.rtfClimate Change Could Force 200 Million People to Move by 2050 - 0921.rtfDrought Has Farmworkers Dreaming of Escape from California’s Central Valley 0921.rtfClimate Change Is Already Rejiggering Where Americans Live 0921.rtf ....Climate Change Is Bankrupting America’s Small Towns 0921.rtf - Rebuild or relocate? Some of each, for shrinking towns, with lots of rotting abandoned structures.Weather, Climate Disasters Surge 5-fold in 50 Years 0921.rtfAmericans Are Moving to Parts of the US That Are Getting Dangerously Hot 0821.rtf - The observed migration is the reverse direction of what makes sense from a climate perspective.A Carbon Calculation - How Many Deaths Do Emissions Cause? 0721.rtf - take 2. See take 1 above in “Broad Impacts” section.Stuck in the Smoke, Even the Ultra-Rich 0721.rtfClimate Crisis Will Create 2 Classes - Those Who Can Flee, and Those Who Can’t 0721.rtfClimate Disasters Displaced Many More People than War in 2020, but Many More War Victims Stayed Displaced 0521.rtfClimate Change a Major Factor in Migration Increase at U.S. Southern Border 0421.rtfMore than 10 Million People Displaced by Climate Disasters in 6 Months 0321.rtfClimate Change Driving Increased Migration from Central America 0221.rtfRecord Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Struck the U.S. in 2020 - 0121.rtfClimate Change Contributed to More than 70 Disasters in Nature since 2015 - 0121.rtfIs Pakistan Prepared to Deal with Climate Migration? 0121.rtfClimate Change Devastates Central American Coffee Farms, Spurring Migration 1220.rtfClimate Change Could Create 63 Million Migrants in South Asia by 2050 - 1220.rtfClimate Change, Migration and Urbanization Patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa 1120.rtf2020 Has Seen a Record Number of $1+ Billion Climate Disasters 1020.rtfWildfire-Weary Californians, Tired of This Being Normal, May Uproot Their Lives 0920.rtfHow Climate Migration Will Reshape America 0920.rtfClimate Crisis Could Displace 1.2 Billion People by 2050 - 0920.rtfFuture of the Human Climate Niche Portends Moving 1:3 of Humans to Cooler Areas 0620.rtfMillions More Americans Will Face Climate Disasters with Warming 0520.rtfExtreme Weather Disasters and Wars Displace Millions 0420.rtfWhen Climate Change Drove All the Men Away 0220.rtfNatural Disasters Could Cost 20% More by 2040 due to Climate Change 0220.rtf
America’s Era of Climate Mass Migration to Higher Ground Is Here 0918.rtf - US will have 13 million refugees from south Florida. The economies of the Southern states, plus parts of the West, will suffer disproportionately as temperatures rise. The poorest 1/3 of counties are expected to lose up to 20% of their income, unless greenhouse gas emissions are severely curtailed. Sea level rise and plain heat, plus crop failure, will be factors in the internal US migrations to come.What Will Climate Change Do to the U.S.-Mexico Border? 0918.rtf - For example, desertification of much of Honduras drives emigration to the US. Discussion of development of fortress state along southern US border.
2019 Articles and earlier
2019 Articles and earlier
Floods Predicted to Uproot 50 Million People a Year as Climate Heats Up 1219.rtfClimate Change Forces 1 Person from Their Home Every 2 Seconds 1219.rtfExtreme Weather Displaced a Record 7 Million in 1st Half of 2019 - 0919.rtfFlight to the Future, in Somaliland 0919.rtf - worsening droughts mean most farm country will no longer support crops. Farmers flee to cities and out of country.Rising Sea Levels, Catastrophic Storm Surges Could Displace 280 Million People 0819.rtfDrought and Unrest Push Residents Out of Central America’s Dry Corridor 0819.rtf‘People Are Dying’ - How the Climate Crisis Has Sparked an Exodus to the US 0719.rtfOne Climate Crisis Disaster Happening per Week, UN Warns 0719.rtfJay Inslee Calls for Accepting ‘Historic Levels’ of Refugees amid Climate Crisis 0519.rtfHow Climate Change Is Fueling a Migration Crisis in Bangladesh 0519.rtfA Climate Migration Crisis Is Escalating in Bangladesh 0319.rtfRetirees Flee Florida, as Climate Change Threatens Their Financial Future 0319.rtfClimate Change Is ‘Cause of Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises' 0219.rtfClimate Change Is Key Part of Understanding Migration, GAO Tells Administration 0119.rtfWill Grim News on Climate Change Lead to Mass Migration and Conflict? 1018.rtfAmerica’s Era of Climate Mass Migration to Higher Ground Is Here 0918.rtfWhat Will Climate Change Do to the U.S.-Mexico Border? 0918.rtfA Warming World Creates Desperate People 0618.rtfClimate Change Sparked U.S. Border Migration Crisis 0618.rtfConflict, Climate Change Choke Efforts to Cure Poverty, Inequality - UN 0618.rtfWorld Wakes Up to Climate Migration 0618.rtfStudy Hikes Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria Death Toll to 4,645 - 0518.rtfWelcome to the Age of Climate Migration 0218.rtfHeat Waves - Climate Change and Immigration 0218.rtfHow Climate Change Is Triggering a Migrant Crisis in Vietnam 0118.rtfStudy Finds that Global Warming Exacerbates Refugee Crises 0118.rtf“Boats Pass over Where Our Land Was'- Bangladesh's Climate Refugees 0118.rtfHow Climate Change Could Drive Immigration to the USA from Mexico 1217.rtfClimate Change Will Make Europe’s Migrant Crisis Even Worse 1217.rtfFaced with Rising Temperatures, People May Seek Asylum 1217.rtfClimate Change Encouraged 19th Century Migration to America 1117.rtfClimate Change ‘Will Create World's Biggest Refugee Crisis' 1117.rtfPuerto Ricans Could Be Newest U.S. ‘Climate Refugees' 0917.rtfFloods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal Kill 1,200, Leaving Millions Homeless 0817.rtfHarvey’s Incredible Rains in Southeast Texas; Flood Emergency in Houston 0817.rtfA Texas Newsroom Predicted a Disaster. Now It’s Close to Coming True. 0817.rtfClimate Migrants Might Reach 1 Billion by 2050 - 0817.rtfGovernments Aren't Ready for Refugees Being Displaced by Rising Seas 0817.rtfFloods, Reef Loss and Migration - Asia's Future on a Hotter Planet 0717.rtfWorsening Hunger Crises Stoke Global Migration 0517.rtfWorld Must Aid Famine-Threatened Nigeria to Avoid ‘Mass Exodus' 0417.rtfAustralia Could Be Set to Receive New Wave of Climate Refugees 0417.rtfClimate Change May Drive More Migration in Future, Europeans Say 0317.rtfAs Famine Looms In Somalia, Families without Food or Water Are Leaving Their Land 0217.rtfHow Climate Change Threatens Famed Amalfi Coast 0117.rtfHeat, Hunger and War Force Africans Onto a ‘Road on Fire’ 1216.rtfClimate Change Will Stir ‘Unimaginable' Refugee Crisis, Says Military 1216.rtfClimate Change Is Already Destabilizing Communities Worldwide 0916.rtfClimate Change Could Force Huge Migrations of People and Animals Living near the Equator 0616.rtf - Suitable climates move outside the current tropics, which is 23° of latitude from the equator. Long journeys.Drought-Hit Ethiopia Needs Money for Seeds, as Rains Begin 0316.rtfLouisiana Tribe Officially Becomes America's First Climate Refugees 0216.rtfWinston, Southern Hemisphere’s Strongest Storm on Record, Punishes Fiji 0216.rtf125-Year Mini Ice Age Linked to the Plague and Fall of Empires 0216.rtfParis Climate Deal Could ‘Displace Millions of Forest Dwellers' 0216.rtfClimate Change Disaster Is Biggest Threat to Global Economy in 2016 - Experts 0116.rtfHalf Million Die in Decade of Disasters in Asia Pacific 1015.rtfEuropean Migrant Crisis Is A Nightmare. Climate Crisis Will Make It Worse. 0915.rtfFleeing Drought, Climate Migrants Press Zimbabwe's Fertile East 0815.rtfNatural Disasters Forced 20 Million from Their Homes in 2014 - 0715.rtfSociety Will Collapse by 2040, Due to Catastrophic Food Shortages - GSI 0615.rtfPakistan Heat Wave - Death Toll over 800 in Sindh 0615.rtfThe Heat and Death Toll Are Rising in India. Is This a Glimpse of Earth’s Future? 0515.rtfIndia Heat Wave Toll Passes 1,000 - 0515.rtfCrop-Loss Farmers Sell Their Children to Survive 0515.rtfDisasters Impact Humans as Much as Tuberculosis Does – UN 0315.rtfClimate Change Pushes India's Poorest Children into Slavery 0215.rtfPakistan's Coastal Villagers Retreat as Seas Gobble Land 0115.rtfRising Seas Could Make Florida Residents ‘Climate Refugees' Before 2100 - 1214.rtfTyphoon-Hammered Philippines in ‘Fight for Our Survival' 1214.rtfShould Canada Have a Plan for Climate Refugees? 1114.rtfTrapped Populations – Hostages of Climate Change 1114.rtfClimate-Driven Migration Increasing Disease Burden in Ethiopia 1114.rtfFloods, Storms and Quakes Uproot 22 Million in 2013, Numbers to Rise 0914.rtfWhen Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe 1013.rtfCyclone Forces 550,000 to Shelters in India 1013.rtfNAS Panel Warns of Abrupt Bad-Dream Scenarios 1213.rtfHeat Wave and Wildfires Worsened Colorado Flooding 0913.rtfWhole World at Risk from Simultaneous Droughts, Famines, Epidemics 1213.rtfSahel Region Set for Rise in Climate Refugees 0813.rtfIndian Assam's Climate-Change Refugees Flee Rising Monsoon Flooding 0613.rtfIndia Floods - Rescue Efforts Intensify, as Death Toll Rises 0613.rtfClimate Change May Be Making Children Sick 0613.rtf - from PakistanClimate-Driven Disasters Cost Victorians (Australia) $4 Billion 0313.rtfClimate Change Forcing Thousands in Bangladesh into Dhaka Slums 0213.rtfBangladesh Faces Mass Migration, Land Loss 0213.rtfUS Hit with 90% of World Climate Disaster Losses in 2012 0113.rtf2012 May Rank as 2nd Most Disastrous Year for US 1112.rtfClimate Change Footprint in Disaster Loss Trends 1012.rtf - by Munich Re-InsuranceKiribati Island People to Relocate to Fiji 0312.rtfWarming Pushes Mexicans into US 0710.rtf150 M Climate Refugees by 2050 1109.rtfClimate Disruptions to Swamp Aid Efforts in 7 Years 0409.rtf - OxfamDisasters Up 4x in 20 Years 1207.rtf - but earthquakes & volcanoes unchangedClimate Refugees May Top 1 Billion 1107.rtf - Christian AidEbb and Flow in Bangladesh 0513.rtfBiggest Natural Disasters of 2012 0513.rtfClimate Change Will Make Hundreds of Millions Homeless 0513.rtf
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