ButnewhabitableareasthatarebetterforagricultureanddevelopmentwouldpopupinnorthernAustraliaandTasmania, whiletheWestCoastwouldbecome a prettyidealplacetoregrowsomeforests.
NewZealandwillprobablyendupbecomingoneofthemostdenselypopulatedareasintheworldwithmassivecities, andthecountrywilllikelyriseuptothestatusof a globalgreatpower.
Withmassivecitieshometoprobablyhundredsofmillionsofpeople, Anchorage, Fairbanks, SeattleandMinneapoliswouldprobablybecomethenewmostsignificantcitiesintheUnitedStates, a countrythatwouldprobablydiminishinpowerbutlikelystillremainatleast a greatpoweroverinEurope.
Denmark, Norway, SwedenandFinlandandIcelandwouldallfindthemselvesin a verystrategicposition, withsignificantlywarmerclimatesthantoday, muchbetterprospectsforfarmingand a highlystrategiclocationnearthenowsummericefreeArcticOcean.
Russiawillbeinthebestpossiblepositioninthewarmnewworldtooquicklyaccelerateto a superpowerstatusandpositionissogood, Russiawillprobablyendupbecomingthemostpowerfulanddominantcountryintheworld, capableofresettlingbillionsofpeoplefromotherregionsoftheworld.
WouldtheUnitedNationsinterveneandattempttoresettle a greenAntarcticawiththebillionsofclimaterefugeesindesperateneedof a newhomewouldinNewAntarcticaas a brandnewcountry, riseupoutofnowhereovertime.
That's madeupof a cultureofpeoplefromallovertheworlddisplacedbyrunawayclimatechange, vengefulattherestoftheworldforscrewingthemoveranddestroyingtheirancestralhomelands.
Naturaldisastersthatdestroycommunitieswillbe a definingcharacteristicofthe 21stcentury.
地域社会を破壊する自然災害は、21世紀の特徴となる。
Learningabouthowdestructivedisasterscouldbeandhowsocietiescanavoidthemisfascinatingtome, and I recentlywatchedanexcellentdocumentaryoncuriositystreamthatdetailstherawpowerofoneofthegreatestofallthesedisasters, tsunamis.
Itchronicles a worldwidescientificinvestigationintotsunamithreatsacrosstheworld, wheretheystrike, howtheysubmergecoastalcitiesandhowyoucansurviveonewhentheystrike.