America After Climate Change, Mapped

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/12/green-new-deal-atlas-climate-change-mcharg-center-maps-model/603415/

by jonbaer • 7 years ago

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nkkollaw• 7 years ago

Seems like the Green New Deal (since they mention it in the article) is more about socialism than not the environment..?

I'm wondering why people are still using that term.

dubcanada• 7 years ago

What part of the Green New Deal is socialism?

eanzenberg4• 7 years ago

The restructuring of the economy?

Twixes• 7 years ago

Socialism is a buzzword in the US. Nobody's giving capital to workers.

The Green New Deal is about the economy because FDR's New Deal was about it too and industry (that appeared with the industrial revolution) is what's responsible for current problems. Restructuring that industry and keeping it in check is key for our good.

djohnston• 7 years ago

im definitely nitpicking but earthquakes should be yellow and wildfires red. are earthquakes actually impacted by climate change?

eanzenberg4• 7 years ago

Haven't you heard? Everything is impacted by climate change now /s

radmarshallb2• 7 years ago

It seems more and more likely.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/new-seism...

gmuslera• 7 years ago

How climate change will affect the frequence or intensity of eartquakes?

I agree that, on current predictions taking already know effects, heat, floods and hurricanes should increase.

And, as we are getting into new global conditions compared with historic records, we may face other negative effects due to feedback loops and unexpected interactions, but I don't know how that will affect eartquakes, unless it forces people to move to areas where they are more common.

torstenvl• 7 years ago

It was demonstrated pretty convincingly over a decade ago that variations in atmospheric pressure can increase fault activity.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08042

radmarshallb2• 7 years ago

In addition, there is a newly discovered phenomenon called a stormquake. As storms become more powerful due to climate change, we may also see increased seismic activity.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/new-seism...

DoreenMichele3• 7 years ago

If sea levels rise, the coastline should change. This map isn't really reflecting that.

eanzenberg4• 7 years ago

Sea level is only going to rise by a few feet. How can a map reflect such a small change?

DoreenMichele3• 7 years ago

Large parts of Florida are not much above sea level. Some articles have explored that with maps already, for example:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/4818/elevation-of-s...

TYPE_FASTER2• 7 years ago

Use the NOAA Sea Level Rise map that has a slider to let you see the impact: https://coast.noaa.gov/slr

jdsully• 7 years ago

Very odd they feature earthquakes so prominently on their map of supposed climate change effects. There is very little evidence to suggest climate change has any affect on the frequency of earthquakes humans can feel.

“We’re simply not in a position at this point to say that climate processes could trigger a large quake.”

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2926/can-climate-affect-earthq...

whinythepooh2• 7 years ago

The article is written by a political activist. Might as well include solar activity and locust plague map to demonstrate how much the world is on fire.

America After Climate Change, Mapped

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