As climate change fuels sea level rise, younger people will migrate inland, leaving aging coastal populations—and a host of consequences—in their wake, a study by Florida State University researchers finds.
The findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“In the destination communities where populations are increasing, you’ll need more dentists, doctors, service workers, construction workers, etc.,” Hauer said. ”So by people moving, you affect other people’s likelihood of moving. You get a demographic amplification.”
Previous studies estimated where people are likely to move as a changing climate affects livability. Hauer’s study also incorporates demographic data and secondary effects that revealed a host of challenges awaiting both the coastal “sender” communities and their destination counterparts.
“Imagine young families moving out of areas like Miami and moving to other locations and starting a family there,” he said. “And just by the fact that there’s more people who have moved there, these indirect population processes draw even more people.”
2024-01-08 23:00:04
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