Climate Impacts Threaten Nearly Every Aspect of Life in U.S., Government Report Says

Photo credit: Homes on Ridgeway Blvd. are surrounded by water and marshland near Lake Pontchartrain on August 23, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. […] Photo credit: Drew Angerer / Getty Images. Article by Chelsea Harvey, Benjamin Storrow, E&E News. Scientific American – November 10, 2022. Reprinted from E&E News. 

The effects of climate change are steadily worsening and now threaten nearly every aspect of life in the U.S., according to a stark draft of a federal climate report released Monday.

Extreme weather events are growing more frequent and severe across the country, including wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves, droughts and floods. Warming is threatening water supplies, food supplies, energy systems, natural ecosystems and human health. Rising sea levels are chipping away at coastal communities. […]

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