Global warming's silver lining? Northern countries will thrive and grow, researcher predicts
Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 16:28
in Earth & Climate
Move over, Sunbelt. The New North is coming through, a geographer predicts in a new book. As worldwide population increases by 40 percent over the next 40 years, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets, Laurence C. Smith writes.