Monday, September 25, 2023

Salination of Costal Estuaries and Climate Migration

For years I have been talking about how climate change--rising temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing wildfires, increasing severity and frequency of tornadoes/hurricanes, salination of fresh water estuaries. etc---Will drive people north and away from coastal regions.Climate Change is Driving Migration North In recent days it was reported that New Orleans, a major coastal city  in the south, may run out of fresh drinking, potable, water.

This summer's heat wave has helped to dry out the Mississippi River reducing its water flow. A weakened  outflow from the Mississippi means less force to combat the inflow of saltwater. It is expected that in October New Orleans will not have fresh water to drink.




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