Where to Live? Where to Farm? Crisis looms as Habitable Land shrinks
Douglas McIntyre discusses a study from Science revealing that habitable and farmable land is decreasing due to drought and flooding. He highlights Mexico as a case study, where extreme weather threatens livability and agriculture, adding to migration to the U.S. McIntyre warns of a potential tipping point in the next decade where migration outpaces land availability, creating global challenges with no easy solutions.
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