Arizona vs. New Mexico: Climate Change Adaptability (state, better, people)
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Between Arizona and New Mexico, which state is better prepared to adapt to climate change? Consider:
How might climate change affect both states differently?
What unique challenge face both states?
What unique resources (natural, social, infrastructural) does each state have?
Both states have experienced natural climate change all throughout history. There's no need to worry about what state will ride out whatever nature throws at us next. There's rumors now going around of another "ice age". So ridiculous.
Both states have experienced natural climate change all throughout history. There's no need to worry about what state will ride out whatever nature throws at us next. There's rumors now going around of another "ice age". So ridiculous.
While it's true both states have undergone changes to their climate, it hasn't been as rapid as we're seeing currently. Where have you seen indications of a new ice age? Global temperatures are breaking records year after year and there's very little ice left at the poles.
Both states have experienced natural climate change all throughout history. There's no need to worry about what state will ride out whatever nature throws at us next. There's rumors now going around of another "ice age". So ridiculous.
The veiled dismissal of man-made climate change aside, the fact remains that neither New Mexico nor Arizona have ever, throughout history, been as populated as they are now. There are some crucial questions about the sustainability of growth in terms of resource management. This is something beyond reproach to even the most ardent climate change denialist.
Arizona pulls in water from a much broader region then NM which is the primary reason it has been able to support a whole lot more people. So I'd suspect AZ is much better suited for a drier future although I'm hopeful neither state has to face one.
I don't know that either is going to become inhospitable. Temps aren't going to go into the 150's even with the ice caps melted and the water system will eventually have price reflect scarcity (which will switch it's use from flood irrigating agricultural land to city use).
While it's true both states have undergone changes to their climate, it hasn't been as rapid as we're seeing currently. Where have you seen indications of a new ice age? Global temperatures are breaking records year after year and there's very little ice left at the poles.
I see (seemingly weekly) papers written about upcoming ice ages all the time. Here are just a few I Googled quickly.
Ice and snowfall has been resurgent at the caps in recent years. NASA just released a study not too long ago about it. Regardless, the Earth goes through warming and cooling cycles all the time, even before mankind contributed anything pre-Industrial Age.
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