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I don’t have sources readily available but I have looked at several climate change projection models for the US in the past to answer similar questions. There are a handful of locales in the US where the local climate doesn’t change much under most models and parameters. They behave almost like fixed points in a mathematical sense. Some of these fixed points are not anywhere you’d likely want to live, so that might not help much.

However, the Seattle region is one, and it already has a pleasant temperate climate. IIRC, the main expected change is that it will get more sun in the winter months, which would address the main criticism of Seattle’s weather.

Of course, these models could be wildly off, but to the extent we have such models Seattle is in an enviable position. While there are some regions that look like they will change for the better e.g. some arid regions will get substantially more rain, it is hard to predict the true impact of that change on those regions — that outcome might come with significant trade offs.





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