Considering Global Warming, Will any parts of the US become uninhabitable in the next 25 years in your opinion

Answer 1

There probably won't be any parts that become uninhabitable. The US is likely to be less adversely affected than many other countries and it has the resources and finances to mitigate many of the effects of global warming.

Contrast this with many African and Asian nations which are lacking in resources and are already being severely affected and will continue to be.

The primary causes of population migration due to global warming are water inundation, crop failure, insect infestation, desertification, salination of water supplies, failure of water supplies etc, all of which the US is shielded from.

Answer 2

Almost certainly not. Some low-lying areas near the ocean will disappear, but that has been happening continuously since the last ice age. You'll have to crank up your air conditioning a little more than now, and that will make the situation worse.

Worst hit among all the nations of the world may be Bengladesh. It has very little land that is significantly above sea level (think a whole country on a delta like southern Louisiana), and acute fresh water shortages.

Answer 3

The U.S. is remarkably speared from the temperature changes of GW. This has probably to do with some the North Atlantic which has heated a lot less then most areas in the world. I don't see any areas (except those already uninhabitable, or very close too, I am thinking deserts.) of the U.S. becoming uninhabitable in the near future. Extreme weather is another concern together with flooding from melting ice, and rising sea temperatures which expands the water. This is not likely to affect any larger areas though.

Answer 4

If, due to Global Warming and Global Climate change the level of the oceans rises by ten inches, much of the coastline of the entire US will become unihabitable. Ten inches doesn't seem like that much, but imagine the entire body of wate that covers the Earth rising by ten inches. That's a lot of water and it needs to go somewhere. The problem will be that it will spread and consume our current coastlines, reducing the size of the US. We may even lose a vast majority of the land that makes up Florida. Scary thoughts, but merely an eventuality if we don't act NOW! Global climate change is VERY REAL. The technology is there, we just need to use it. We need to convert the US to clean, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, and pass strict environmental regulation. Enforcing those regulations may cost some polluters money and they may even threaten it could cost the US jobs, but the new technology will CREATE Jobs. It will create news jobs in the energy industry, manufacturing jobs, jobs in the research and development field, and jobs for people to install and maintain that new technology! My fellow Americans, we must NOT be afraid of the hollow threats from companies who care nothing for the environment, for our health and for the American people! We must also not be afraid of change. If we do not adapt to our ever changing world and environment, then we will all die because we ignored the facts and ignored all the warning signs. Man is not meant to go the way of the dodo. It will only happen if we let it. It's YOUR World- CHANGE IT!

Answer 5

If the trends stay the same all we have to do is wait 25 years and we will be talking about global cooling. Over the past 100 years or so the Earth appears to go through a cooling and warming cycles every 25 years

Answer 6

It's got nothing to do with Global Warming.

1) New Orleans (and many coastal areas) have been sinking for years because of land mis-management and over-development. NOTHING to do with Global Warming.

2) The South West - Nevada, Southern California, etc - have been using more water than their aquifers have been replenishing for over 100 years. It has NOTHING to do with Global Warming that their running out of water.

3) Montana, North Dakota, etc., will actually be MORE inhabitable.

Answer 7

The Global Warming scare is all a hoax. The government just wants to take our attention away from what is really going on. Yes global warming is real, but it's a part of Earth's natural warming and cooling periods.

Nothing is going to happen in the next 25 years.

Answer 8

Yes Global warming is happening, but are we accelerating it or not is not provable unless we have 1000 years of collected data. What ever it is the earth is warming up, the results: water level will raise due to ice caps melting. So any place with swamp lands like New Orleans and Miami, NY and all those pretty beach islands are in serious threat. What can we do? We can try to reduce carbon emission and also try to stay away from coastal cities and move to higher ground. Humans have always survived the natural disasters, we can still survive. But our investments wont survive, so next time you buy a house, make sure you buy somewhere up the hill :)

Answer 9

I can always spot the urbanites. They always think everything is inhabitable and they are more eager to be gullible on the environmental issues. I can tell you there are plenty of uninhabitable places in the US already from mountains to deserts to salt lakes, etc... and I wouldn't want a home on an earthquake, a geyser, or a volcano. To answer your question, there will be very little difference.

Answer 10

Of course not. There is no more basis for this question then there was asking if airplanes would fall out of the sky because of the Y2K bug.

These fears are exaggerated for the gain of others. Let no one fool you, there's money to be made from other people's fear.