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'By the end of the century, 13 million Americans will need to move just because of rising sea levels, at a cost of $1 million each, according to Florida State U
by olivermarks 7y ago
'By the end of the century, 13 million Americans will need to move just because of rising sea levels, at a cost of $1 million each, according to Florida State University demographer Mathew Haeur, who studies climate migration.'
I couldn't find any concrete evidence to validate this, it seems more of a prediction?
Mr Hauer is a sociologist so this seems a bold claim
https://coss.fsu.edu/sociology/mhauer https://coss.fsu.edu/sociology/mhauer
'his research has focused on how migration induced by sea level rise could reshape the U.S. population distribution'
- godzillabrennus 7y agoThe claims I’ve seen start at 8 million and rise from there. Doubt anyone knows till it’s over.
- olivermarks 7y agoClaims and predictions are one thing but where are the facts?
- fourthark 7y agoWhat kind of evidence do you expect? Without time travel.
- eanzenberg 7y agoMany scientists build models to estimates the effects of sea level rise. You can read it online. Tl;dr, its not a big effect. The science has already been politicized. Carry on...
- olivermarks 7y agoAnything. Vague pointers to 'read it online' don't really cut it
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- Merrill 7y agoMajor built up areas in Florida were swamps before they were raised by landfill from dredging. Add more landfill.
- jumelles 7y ago> Mr Hauer is a sociologist so this seems a bold claim He also has a PhD in geography from the University of Georgia.
- maehwasu 7y agoYou can, quite literally, find someone from a university in the social sciences who say anything that you want. The practice of inserting quotes from random "experts" in news stories is one of the worst journalistic practices out there. It's fundamentally dishonest in very obvious ways, and forms the basis of many articles.
- WillPostForFood 7y agoIncluding the landscape architecture professor in the article who said, "If we don’t, it won’t matter, because much of America will be underwater or on fire." No hysteria at all there.