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Science fiction often serves as a lens through which societal fears and real-world issues are explored in imaginative and sometimes allegorical ways. Cli-fi, a climate-based subgenera of Sci-fi, explores the impacts of climate change on society and the environment, often extrapolating from current environmental issues to depict possible futures shaped by climate change. These often include the depletion of natural resources, climate catastrophe, drought, famine, and overpopulation, the last of which frequently sets each story in densely populated cities such as New York.

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