"As temperatures inexorably rise, humanity is on the precipice of a great climate migration, and Americans will not be spared. Tens of millions of people are likely to be driven from the places they call home. But where will they go? ... Abrahm Lustgarten's On the Move is the definitive account of what this massive population shift will look like. Reporting from the front lines of climate migration, Lustgarten draws on his ... New York Times Magazine reporting to explain how the United States will be rendered unrecognizable by four unstoppable forces: wildfires in the West; frequent flooding in coastal regions; extreme heat and humidity in the South; and droughts that will make farming all but impossible across large parts of the nation. Lustgarten also shows how shortsighted policies encouraged millions to settle in vulnerable parts of the country and introduces us to a climate justice lawyer in Louisiana, a forest fire survivor in California, and others on the front lines of a constricting frontier. Rather than dwelling on disasters, Lustgarten focuses on the work--and opportunities--America has ahead, and begins to answer the question of where we will relocate"--Dust jacket flap.
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