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Desirable land is not just finite, it's shrinking in area, due to ongoing fossil-fueled global warming. For example, many people who were planning on retiring
by photochemsyn 5y ago
Desirable land is not just finite, it's shrinking in area, due to ongoing fossil-fueled global warming. For example, many people who were planning on retiring to the bucolic Sierra foothills in California have changed plans since that whole region is now a major fire risk zone (much more so than it was 40 years ago).
https://www.deseret.com/2022/2/11/22928243/stanford-university-double-hazard-wildfire-zone-california-oregon-nevada-arizona-camp-fire-biden https://www.deseret.com/2022/2/11/22928243/stanford-universi...
> "Rao and other researchers looked at the “vapor pressure deficit,” which is an indicator of how much moisture the air can suck out of soil and plants, across the region. Vapor pressure deficit has increased over the past 40 years across most of the American West, largely because warmer air can hold more water."
Likewise, zones categorized as having major flood risks are expanding:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/29/climate/hidden-flood-risk-maps.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/29/climate/hidde...