American Exodus: Climate Change and the Coming Flight for Survival

SEEKING HIGHER GROUND – HOW RISING GLOBAL TEMPERATURES
WILL LEAD TO UNPRECEDENTED WAVES OF HUMAN MIGRATION

An engagingly eclectic meditation on the century to come, and the dramatic changes for which our countries and their leaders are woefully unprepared.—Chris Wood journalist and author, Down the Drain: How We Are Failing To Protect Our Water Resources

Slade shows that migration has been an outcome of climate changes since the early 20th century, and projects that future American migration to Canada for survival is a likely scenario based on his rich analysis of the human migratory history of North America. —Sing C. Chew, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ and Editor, Nature + Culture

Across North America, rising sea levels, devastating droughts and superstorms will diminish agricultural and economic output by two thirds and ravage the habitability of our continent. What will happen when the United States cannot provide food or fresh water for the overheated, overcrowded cities where 80% of Americans currently live?

The good news is that the overall decline of habitability in the mid-latitudes will be matched by increases in the carrying capacity of sparsely populated lands above the 49th parallel. This suggests that waves of environmental refugees will travel poleward as southern conditions worsen. A compelling cautionary tale, American Exodus argues that mankind can survive the coming century of climate chaos if we act now to preserve our northern shelter of last resort.
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Holding this book should feel like being touched by a cattle prod. But most of us have hides too thick to feel the shock and we will need several more, of ever-higher voltage, before we heed its message. For those with thinner skins, read it and be prepared.—Clive Hamilton, author of Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering
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Giles Slade is the award-winning author of Made to Break and The Big Disconnect . A recovering academic with advanced degrees in rhetoric and literature, he is regularly published in a variety of print and online journals.
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