Record growth, record heat, record drought: how will Las Vegas weather the climate crisis?
by Gabrielle Canon in Las Vegas from Environment | The Guardian on (#5WSAC)
One day this place will be uninhabitable. The question I pose when people say that is, Who gets to leave?"' asks a biologist
Away from the lights and fountains of the Las Vegas Strip, bulldozers are working overtime as the suburbs of Sin City are bursting out of their seams.
Las Vegas is growing at a staggering rate. Clark county, where the city is located, is home to roughly 2.3 million people, but forecasts predict the population could go beyond 4 million by 2055.
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