The computer simulations of changing conditions in
vulnerable regions later this century − in a blazing landscape fed by a river delta flowing through steamy marshland, and enfolding a calm, relatively shallow 1,000 km lagoon of evaporating seawater − have delivered a stark conclusion.
Also noteworthy in this context, the prefrontal brain systems that process rewards and support reward - based decision - making undergo a prolonged and
vulnerable developmental trajectory, and an impaired capacity of these prefrontal systems to regulate subcortical structures (particularly striatal
regions of the basal ganglia) is implicated in risky, impulsive and otherwise disadvantageous decision - making from childhood through
later life (for review, Fareri et al.