Climate Change May Mean More Mexican Immigration

Climate change's impacts on crop yields may force as many as seven million Mexicans to emigrate to the U.S. over the next 70 years, according to research published July 26 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . The study is among the first to attempt to put hard numbers on questions about "environmental refugees" that may be caused by climate change. [More] Climate change - Environment - United States - Research - Impacts and Indicators

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