Sea level rise could reshape the US and trigger mass migration

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By E&T editorial staff
Published Thursday, January 23, 2020

A study using machine learning has found that sea level rise will indirectly impact land-locked regions in the US, as coastal populations move inland to seek drier ground. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC), is the first to use machine learning models to project migration patterns resulting from sea level rise.

Using these models, the team found the impact of rising oceans will ripple across the country beyond coastal areas at risk of flooding, as affected people move inland.

When Hurricane Harvey gushed through the Texas coast back in 2017, displaced residents flocked inland in an attempt to rebuild their lives in the disaster’s aftermath. Within decades, the same thing could happen on a much larger scale due to climate-change-driven rising sea levels, said Professor Bistra Dilkina, an assistant professor of Computer Science at USC.

... The researchers found the greatest effects of sea-level rise migration will be felt by inland areas immediately adjacent to the coast, as well as urban areas in the south-east US. The model also showed more incoming migrants to Houston and Dallas than previous studies, which flagged Austin as the top destination for climate migrants from the south-eastern coast.

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https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2020/01/sea-level-rise-could-reshape-the-us-and-trigger-mass-migration/

[Autumn]

1. Maybe Mexico should start building a wall.

[bronxiteforever]

2. Yup "Fox News Mexico" can cover American caravans.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. I'm in NJ

About 1 ten minute drive from the PA Border. When we bought six years ago - we understood . . .

This could be close to 'the shore' in 40 years. That's why we didn't buy in our preferred locations.

[appalachiablue]

4. The way it's looking Canada will also have to erect a big old wall,

esp. in the (non-coastal) central and western parts. Mexico will get very hot.

Damn, it was nice while it lasted; where to go...