Populations Forced to Move

(c) Betty Butler, Searching for Food, Print, 2019

(c) Betty Butler, Through the Desert, Print, 2019

As the warming climate changes our planet in unexpected ways, there will be populations forced to move. Some migrations will be due to the ocean rising and reclaiming everything from beachfront property to island nations. Some people will be forced to move north as the heat makes living unbearable. Other populations will be on the move, as their food production decreases, due to the desertification of once fertile land. Desertification is the process by which dry, but useable areas, are transformed into a desert.