Why people in the US south stay put in the face of climate change

From New Orleans to the Florida panhandle, many have built up psychological resilience after living through years of extreme weather

I've long felt America, particularly the south, where I grew up, is in the "denial" stage of grief when it comes to our psychological response to climate change.

The sixth mass extinction has begun, our oceans are warming 40% faster than scientists anticipated, and the US's carbon dioxide emissions rose 3.4% in 2018. How, I wonder, is everyone so calm? So business-as-usual?