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The Origins of the Climate Haven Myth


In a world of increasingly powerful hurricanes and other rising climate threats, those with vested interests in promoting certain locations have sold the public a dream.

Well before humans began putting billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, entire populations would migrate toward better conditions in search of a place with milder weather or more fertile soil or the absence of drought. PICTURE Caption: A volunteer starts to rebuild in Black Mountain, North Carolina, just days after Hurricane Helene dissipated.Credit: Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty Images Quite coincidentally, as Hurricane Helene was bearing down on the Southeast last week, Zillow announced a new feature that displays climate risk scores on listing pages alongside interactive maps and insurance requirements.

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