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Re:Countries build 9 mile wide tree wall across Africa to pr... by hedora on Saturday December 19, 2020 @06:04PM (#25482128)
These peer reviewed projections for the US are dire. They are 4 years newer than the sources you cite, and incorporate the consensus conclusions the scientific community has drawn from the empirical discrepancies.

They do show parts of the US greening, but much of the South is likely to be unfit for human life or agriculture:

https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/

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Re:Countries build 9 mile wide tree wall across Africa to pr... by pram on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:07AM (#25485159)
Considering the humidity in places like coastal Mississippi or the Florida panhandle, they're already unfit for human life ;P
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