On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America
Abrahm Lustgarten
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Finalist for the Helen Bernstein Book Award “On the Move explains how we got here and where we’re headed. It’s crucial guide to the world we are creating.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky and The Sixth Extinction A vivid, journalistic account of how climate change will make American life as we know it unfeasible. Humanity is on the precipice of a great climate migration, and Americans will not be spared. Tens of millions of people are likely to be driven from the places they call home. Poorer communities will be left behind, while growth will surge in the cities and regions most attractive to climate refugees. America will be changed utterly. Abrahm Lustgarten’s On the Move is the definitive account of what this massive population shift might look like.
Award History
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| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism | 2025 | Finalist | Secondary source |
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03 Suggested argument
Climate change will make American life unfeasible, triggering tens of millions of Americans’ displacement, with poorer communities left behind and growth surging in cities and regions attractive to climate refugees.
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