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The Wider Implications of Climate Migration in the U.S.

Aug 30, 2023 | 15:28 GMT

Cars shimmer in the heat haze near Death Valley National Park in California on July 16, 2023, a day that saw temperatures rise past about 127 degrees Fahrenheit. The highest temperature reliably recorded on Earth was 129.2 F in Death Valley in 2013.
Cars shimmer in the heat haze near Death Valley National Park in California on July 16, 2023, a day that saw temperatures rise past 127 degrees Fahrenheit.

(David McNew/Getty Images)

The United States is a nation always on the move. From the country's colonial roots to the modern post-COVID-19 Sun Belt boom, Americans have long migrated in search of better opportunities, chiefly by pursuing industrialization, new overseas markets and conquest. Now, a new factor is beginning to drive American migration: climate change....

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