ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten says in the coming decades it's likely tens of millions of us will relocate to escape rising seas, punishing heat, floods and wildfires due to global warming. He says nine of the ten fastest growing regions of the country are on the front lines of the most severe and fast-changing climate conditions. His book is On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America. Ken Tucker has high praise for Tierra Whack's new album, World Wide Whack. For sponsor-free episodes of Fresh Air — and exclusive weekly bonus episodes, too — subscribe to Fresh Air+ via Apple Podcasts or at https://plus.npr.org/freshair Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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I'm Dave Davies.
I read a lot of books in this job, and now and then I come across one that I think everyone should read.
One of those is the latest by my guest, ProPublica reporter Abram Lustgarten.
It's about climate change, which you may think you've already heard enough about.
But Lustgarten paints a detailed and sobering picture of how global warming is already affecting the lives of many people, causing them to rethink where they're living.
Andy says climate migration will increasingly reshape the country as tens of millions of people move to escape rising seas, searing heat and humidity, catastrophic floods and wildfires, and earth withering drought.
Decades from now, he writes, the United States will be wildly different, even unrecognizable.
He examines what happens when climate refugees take flight, something we're already seeing in other regions, including Central America, and how migrants may be treated in places they choose to settle.
Abram Lustgarten writes about climate change for ProPublica and works frequently with the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, and PBS Frontline, among others.
His new book is on the the Overheating Earth and the uprooting of America.
Abram Lesgarden, welcome back to Fresh Air.
Thank you so much.