climate change

Confronting the Reality of Climate Displacement

07.14.2025

By Martin C. Pedersen

Planner Hillary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.

Downtown Ord,_Nebraska_via Wikapedia

Planner Hillary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.

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