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- Libertarian Plan for Tahitian Climate Proof Floating Cities Fri, 25 May 18, 12:27pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall Worried about rising sea levels? According to the Seasteading Institute and Blue Frontiers, the solution is a self governing libertarian network of floating cities loosely attached to French Polynesia...
- The Conversation: Climate Change NOT a Key Cause of Third World Conflict Wed, 25 Apr 18, 1:52pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall The Conversation has published details of a study which casts doubt on the climate change = conflict narrative. The main cause of conflict turns out to be the failure of political systems. Climate...
- This junk again? ‘Hotter temperatures will accelerate migration of asylum-seekers to Europe’ Fri, 22 Dec 17, 7:20amDon’t these people ever learn from past mistakes? Apparently not. from COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and the “50 million climate refugees by 2010 that never happened so they had to disappear it” department. Hotter...
- New Zealand to Introduce a “Climate Refugee” Visa Thu, 2 Nov 17, 5:04pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall New Zealand is considering adding “climate change” to its list of accepted reasons for claiming refugee status...
- New Zealand considering special visas for climate refugees Wed, 1 Nov 17, 2:19amImpacts of climate change, like rising sea levels, will likely soon force people to abandon their land. Now the new government of New Zealand is considering action. They're thinking about creating an experimental visa category...
- As the permafrost thaws, entire villages may be forced to move Wed, 18 Oct 17, 1:54amThawing permafrost is set to radically alter the landscape of northern parts of the United States. Roads, homes, and infrastructure built atop permafrost can crack or collapse as it melts. And whole villages may have to relocate....
- 400 Alaskan villagers are set to be the U.S.’s first climate change refugees Tue, 11 Aug 15, 3:00amKivalina is a tiny, remote Alaskan village that sits on a barrier island some 83 miles above the Arctic circle, and the most recent estimates show that the village—home to 400 people—will be entirely underwater by 2025...
- Why Many Americans May Flee to Alaska in the Coming Decades Thu, 25 Sep 14, 1:16amJob opportunity, the cool factor and affordability may no longer be the major reason Americans move. Instead, climate change may force people to flee certain regions into cities that can maintain cooler temperatures and ward...
- Melting Permafrost is Transforming the Landscape and Way of Life in Alaska Sat, 29 Mar 14, 2:00amAt one point, permanently-frozen ground, or permafrost, covered nearly 1/4 of the land on Earth -- but that’s changing as global warming is melting the ice and changing the landscape in places like Siberia, Arctic Canada,...
- Melting Permafrost Changes the Landscape and Way of Life in Alaska Fri, 28 Mar 14, 9:00pmAt one point, permanently-frozen ground, or permafrost, covered nearly 1/4 of the land on Earth -- but that’s changing as global warming is melting the ice and changing the landscape in places like Siberia, Arctic Canada,...
- UN Warns Rising Sea Levels Threaten to Overwhelm Senegal Wed, 29 Jan 14, 10:00pmMargareta Wahlstrom, the United Nations’ head of disaster risk, has warned that flooding caused by climate change has reached emergency levels in Senegal...
- Marshall Islands Leaders Ask John Kerry to Come See Climate Change Devastation Firsthand Fri, 2 Aug 13, 1:42amThe small Pacific island nation of the Marshall Islands is demanding that the US take decisive action on climate change in the next 12 months, fearing that without policy changes it will be wiped off the map entirely...
- The Sixth First Climate Refugees Wed, 3 Jul 13, 1:36pmGuest Post by Willis Eschenbach For years now, folks have searched desperately for the “fingerprints” of human climate change. These are things that are supposed to reveal how and where humans are affecting the...
- America’s First Climate Refugees are Native Alaskan Communities Fri, 17 May 13, 4:30amAlaska Glacier photo from Shutterstock For many years, climate change has displaced millions in the developing world - and now America is seeing its first climate refugees...
- Climate Change Will Make Refugees Out of Hundreds of Millions, Expert Warns Mon, 13 May 13, 10:08pmPhoto via Shutterstock After news broke last week that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have officially surpassed the 400 parts per million mark, a leading economist and researcher has warned that hundreds of millions...