What Climate Change Looks Like in Your Town

Image source: www.globalchange.gov

The news from the White House report about climate change impacts may be more than a week old, but I can’t stop digging into the fascinating – and disturbing – details. Less colorful fall foliage in the Northeast, and 30 summer days over 100 degrees. Aquatic dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay. Fewer artichokes, olives, and walnuts grown in California. Stifling heat waves in the Midwest, then droughts, then floods.

The impacts range from quirky to panicky, and everybody who loves this country and our way of life should take a look at how things may change in their town or city, and understand why so much is riding on the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act (aka Waxman-Markey). Climate change is here now, and local governments are on the front lines of dealing with it, which means they need a plan for climate adaptation.

Click below for the specifics in your region, or click on the map above for the full image. Then chat with your colleagues about this report; you couldn’t ask for a better conversation starter.

Climate change impacts in the United States, by region:

• ALASKA Factsheet
• COASTS Factsheet
• GREAT PLAINS Factsheet
• ISLANDS Factsheet
• MIDWEST Factsheet
• NORTHEAST Factsheet
• NORTHWEST Factsheet
• SOUTHEAST Factsheet
• SOUTHWEST Factsheet