What Climate Change Will Do To America By Mid Century, The Atlantic, December, 2025 also entitled “The Dead Zones” in the print magazine
There is no going back to previous temperatures on earth. There is only adapting to the new normal which means determining the truth of the situation by accurately labeling the problem(s), figuring out how to best manage the problems to minimize their negative impact and capitalize on whatever, if anything is positive, and being flexible and reengineering our ways of living. This area of study is a new discipline called “environmental sociology.”
The article, What Climate Change Will Do To America By Mid Century describes some of the changes which are already occurring, the major of which are increasing rates of home insurance, climate migration to higher ground and cooler weather leaving “dead zones” and ghost towns if they are above water, and submerged communities as sea levels rise.
A consideration not covered in the article is the increasing importance of services from the Federal government to manage interstate relocation and management of damage from weather events with which local communities and even state governments don’t have the resources to mitigate and transform.
The role of the federal government has already become an issue in presidential administration 47 because of withdrawal of federal money from FEMA. the gutting of the weather service, and the politicization of Federal resource distribution to the states based on partisan considerations.
One thing is paramount - United we stand and divided we fall.
Possible questions for consideration and/or discussion:
What do you think some of the biggest changes are that will have to be made to live in a hotter climate?
How will climate warming affect your community in the next 30 years?
How will your children and grandchildren have to adapt?
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