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Derek Thompson - Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for the website.
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He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Derek has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.

Lindsey Graham's Worlds Colliding: Climate Change Will Increase Immigration

By Derek Thompson
Jul 27 2010, 11:22 AM ET Comment

Five years ago, this news would have made Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain, the Republican's erstwhile leaders on climate change and immigration, tear their hair out. Today, sadly, I think their follicles are safe:

A warming climate could see millions of adult Mexicans migrate to the US as rising temperatures cause a drop in crop yields, according to a study by researchers at Princeton University.

For every 10% of lost crop yields in Mexico, another 2% of Mexicans are likely to leave their country, the study says.

Read the full story at the BBC.



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