Lori Yeghiayan Friedman (@loriyeg.bsky.social)

Is the Pacific Northwest ready for a wave of climate migration? Climate migration is difficult to study, and even harder to predict, because a complex constellation of factors guides the decision to pick up and move. But some experts, like Abrahm Lustgarten, say a historic population shift has already begun, and Western Washington should start preparing now to become a “climate haven.” https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/14/is-the-pacific-northwest-ready-for-wave-of-climate-migration/