Kingston, Jennifer A. “Portland Will Still Be Cool, But Anchorage May Be the Place to Be.” New York Times Online. 25 Sept 2014. 22 Sept 2014.
The article “Portland Will Still Be Cool, but Anchorage May Be the Place to Be” by Jennifer A. Kingston discusses the potential results of climate change. Climate change is the change over time in weather patterns such as average temperature, storm patterns, and amount of flooding as a result of changing sea levels. Scientists believe that climate change is caused by changes in the radiation from the sun, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, and also global warming. The author of the article explains that most of the United States will look and feel different as soon as the year 2050, which is only 35 years from now and within our lifetimes. Scientists predict that much of the East Coast will be impacted by heat waves, hurricanes, and rising sea levels. They predict big changes in the next hundred years for cities that are currently very popular places to live. For example, scientists predict that Washington, D.C. will be a flood zone by 2100. They predict that cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco will be facing very hot temperatures as soon as 2048. The article explains that given these climate changes, people should move to the Pacific Northwest, especially west of the Cascades. There will be a lot less extreme heat there, and the land rises steeply out of the ocean (unlike the Northeast), so it is above sea level and flooding would be less likely there. Scientists also predict that Anchorage, Alaska, which is currently not a very popular place to live because of its cold and harsh weather conditions, will be “the next Florida” by the end of the century.
I picked this article because I was interested to read about how climate change will have a big impact on people in the next century. People will likely start planning for the future by seeing if there are any good job opportunities in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. People will also buy property in these areas with the intention of moving there. As climate change begins to negatively posted for J. McSherry
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