Atlantic: In March of this year, a Gallup poll highlighted an interesting tension in American thinking on global warming: While a majority of respondents said they believe global warming has already begun, a majority also said they dont expect to suffer any hardships from global warming within their lifetimes. What the survey didnt ask was how many people across the country are already reacting to rising temperatures--and preparing for those ahead.
This past summer, twenty-somethings Allie Goldstein and...