Georgia

Georgia is vulnerable to sea level rise, flooding, coastal storms and increasing temperatures which threaten the state’s agriculture and energy industries as well as human health Like most of the southeastern states, Georgia’s climate has warmed less than the rest …

Colorado

Colorado is vulnerable to increasing heat, melting snowpack and glaciers, reduced water availability and wildfires Colorado’s climate is already changing. Over the past 30 years, statewide annual average temperatures have increased by 2°F according to a state-commissioned study. Due to …

Texas

Texas is vulnerable to increasing heat, sea level rise, and severe storms which threaten agricultural and economic productivity and human health Texas’s climate is already changing. In the past century, most of the state has warmed between one-half and one …

Virginia

Virginia Climate and Energy Facts: The National Climate Assessment identified sea level rise and extreme heat to be two of the most pressing climate impacts affecting theSoutheast United States. Flooding troubles of Norfolk are a prime example.  Norfolk has experienced a foot …

Nevada

Nevada is vulnerable to increasing heat, melting snowpack, droughts, and wildfires Nevada’s climate is already changing. The state has warmed two degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. Nevada can expect increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves, reduced snowpack, reduced …

South Carolina

South Carolina is vulnerable to sea level rise, flooding, coastal storms and increasing temperatures - all which threaten the state’s agriculture and energy industries as well as human health South Carolina’s climate is already changing. Most of the state has …
Southwest

Southwest

Climate Change Impacts Arizona •Ÿ California •Ÿ Colorado Ÿ• Nevada Ÿ• New Mexico Ÿ• Utah The following is a compilation of climate change impacts occurring right here, right now in the Southwest, as well as projected impacts, economic and human health consequences, and …
Southeast and Caribbean

Southeast and Caribbean

Climate Change Impacts Virginia • Kentucky • Tennessee • North Carolina • South Carolina Georgia • Florida • Alabama • Mississippi • Arkansas • Louisiana • Puerto Rico The following is a compilation of regional climate change impacts in the Northeast …
Northwest

Northwest

The following is a compilation of climate change impacts occurring right here, right now in the Northwest, as well as projected impacts, economic and human health consequences, and notable recent events. The Northwest is home to 12 million inhabitants. Climate change already poses a challenge to the Northwest, from extreme heat to wildfires, and conditions are likely to increase in severity.