North Carolina could feel like Florida or Mexico in a generation, researchers say
North Carolina could feel like Florida or Mexico in a generation, researchers say
BY CHARLES DUNCAN
FEBRUARY 15, 2019 12:19 PM,
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Raleigh will most likely feel like the Florida Panhandle by 2080 with current carbon emission trends.
SCREENGRAB OF FUTURE URBAN CLIMATES INTERACTIVE WEB APPLICATION
North Carolina will likely feel like the Florida Panhandle or possibly like northern Mexico within a generation, according to a new interactive climate change map developed by researchers at the University of Maryland and North Carolina State University.
In a paper released with the map, the researchers said they modeled 540 urban areas in the United States and Canada to show what the climate will be like in 2080 both with and without slowing down global carbon emissions.
“Within the lifetime of children living today, the climate of many regions is projected to change from the familiar to conditions unlike those experienced in the same place by their parents, grandparents, or perhaps any generation in millenia,” the researchers write.
San Francisco could feel like Los Angeles, and LA may end up feeling like somewhere down in Baja, Mexico, according to the predictions. Washington DC will most likely feel like the middle of Mississippi, the researchers found.
If the world is able to slow carbon emissions as laid out in plans like the Paris Agreement, Raleigh would feel more like central Louisiana instead of Tallahassee, Florida in 60 years.
Charlotte could feel like northern Florida or Mexico in 60 years if current emissions continue.
SCREENGRAB OF FUTURE URBAN CLIMATES INTERACTIVE WEB APPLICATION
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