{"id":56906,"date":"2021-02-24T18:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T23:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=56906"},"modified":"2021-02-24T18:21:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T23:21:07","slug":"new-climate-maps-show-a-transformed-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=56906","title":{"rendered":"New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"graphic-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/climate-migration\/?fbclid=IwAR04GcImwDLyK_NLrfditL1Jo2DhPlirHCiv1AeXNGRw6ZqqqLt4wjp6Go8\">New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"intro-guff\">\n<p>According to new data from the Rhodium Group analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures and changing rainfall will drive agriculture and temperate climates northward, while sea level rise will consume coastlines and dangerous levels of humidity will swamp the Mississippi River valley.<\/p>\n<p>Taken with other recent research showing that the most habitable climate in North America will shift northward and the incidence of large fires will increase across the country, this suggests that the climate crisis will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/climate-change-will-force-a-new-american-migration\">profoundly interrupt the way we live and farm in the United States<\/a>. See how the North American places where humans have lived for thousands of years will shift and what changes are in store for your county.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"globe\">\n<div class=\"svelte-1vyyn3g\">\n<div id=\"globe-wrapper\" class=\"svelte-1vyyn3g\">\n<div id=\"label-layer\" class=\"svelte-1vyyn3g\">\n<div class=\"globe-label label country-label svelte-1vyyn3g\">UNITED STATES<\/div>\n<div class=\"globe-label label country-label svelte-1vyyn3g\">CANADA<\/div>\n<div class=\"globe-label label country-label svelte-1vyyn3g\">MEXICO<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"raster-bg-current\" class=\"raster-bg svelte-1vyyn3g\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/climate-migration\/assets\/images\/__noindia_current_1500-7faab83f04.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"raster-bg-2070-45\" class=\"raster-bg svelte-1vyyn3g\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/climate-migration\/assets\/images\/__noindia_current_iso_1500-4d7b0d24aa.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"raster-bg-2070-45\" class=\"raster-bg svelte-1vyyn3g\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/climate-migration\/assets\/images\/__noindia_2070_45_iso_1500-c9ffd0defc.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"raster-bg-2070-85\" class=\"raster-bg svelte-1vyyn3g\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/climate-migration\/assets\/images\/__noindia_2070_85_iso_1500-1908ca68e4.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"globe-foreground\" class=\"svelte-1vyyn3g\">\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States According to new data from the Rhodium Group analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures and changing rainfall will drive agriculture and temperate climates northward, while sea level rise will consume coastlines and dangerous levels of humidity will swamp the Mississippi River valley. 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