Extreme weather is driving undocumented migration between Mexico & the U.S., with climate change fueling droughts, storms, and hardships that push more people to risk border crossings, a new study finds.
Rising sea levels & extreme weather will force millions to migrate, creating a surge of climate migrants. This shift poses major social, economic, and political challenges as nations adapt to new population dynamics.
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-weather-extremes-illegal-migration-mexico.html
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Rising sea levels & extreme weather will force millions to migrate, creating a surge of climate migrants. This shift poses major social, economic, and political challenges as nations adapt to new population dynamics.
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-weather-extremes-illegal-migration-mexico.html
#climatechange #migration
Weather extremes influence illegal migration and return between the U.S. and Mexico, study finds
Extreme weather is contributing to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States, suggesting that more migrants could risk their lives crossing the border as climate change fuels droughts, storms and other hardships, accordin…Dorany Pineda (Phys.org)
