Since first coming up with this idea, I’ve shifted gears to a more traditional sci-fi approach, which will focus less on the hard science and more on life (or what passes for it) on earth after the climate disaster. 

I started a new account for that project and I’m a lot further in the writing of it: https://www.inkshares.com/books/far-above-the-madding-crowd# (in case you want to check it out).