Climate change is already forcing U.S. communities to abandon their homes

Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
Geiling, Natasha. 2017. Climate change is already forcing U.S. communities to abandon their homes. Think Progress.
Year Published: 
2017
Organization: 
NGO
Description: 

Projections of climate-fueled sea level rise show terrifying scenarios with major economic centers like New York and Miami losing much of their land to rising seas. But for some communities in the United States, losing land to climate change isn’t a future nightmare — it’s a present and daily struggle.

Category: 
climate change, relocation, natural disaster, hazard, human health, land loss, adaptation, legislation

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