Americans flock to areas with harshest climate change effects
Americans risk hazardous weather conditions and natural disasters in fast-growing areas, finds NerdWallet analysis.
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Americans risk hazardous weather conditions and natural disasters in fast-growing areas, finds NerdWallet analysis.
Nearly 68 million people in the U.S. were facing extreme weather alerts as of Aug. 7 — that’s about one-fifth of the U.S. population. Due to climate change, more people
Among the fastest-growing counties in the U.S., all are considered at relatively high or very high risk of natural hazards, a new NerdWallet analysis finds.
Climate migration, which is already starting to happen around the world, could be one of the biggest impacts of our environmental profligacy.
As climate change-induced disasters rise, there’s an urgency to being prepared, and we can’t let the terminology separate us. I think one way we can bring all of these disparate preparedness groups together is to reclaim the term for what it is.