Eco update

Axios -  Climate migration is already taking place in the U.S. as people flee areas prone to flooding... Population shifts, and a larger reckoning for real estate, are expected to worsen as global average surface temperatures rise.... At a macro level, Americans are leaving the Rust Belt in droves and heading to areas of greater climate risk in the South and Southwest, said Jeremy Porter, a study co-author and head of climate change implications for First Street Foundation. But at a micro level — the study zooms into the census-block level — people are moving away from areas vulnerable to coastal flooding. From 2000 to 2020, about 818,000 census blocks experienced flood-related population declines. MORE