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Federal Report Says U.S. Impacts of Climate Change are Intensifying and Will Batter Economy

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bbc.com - November 23, 2018

Unchecked climate change will cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars and damage human health and quality of life, a US government report warns.

"Future risks from climate change depend... on decisions made today," the 4th National Climate Assessment says . . .

. . . But it says that projections of future catastrophe could change if society works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and "to adapt to the changes that will occur".

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US National Climate Assessment details climate change impact

Current response to crisis is insufficient, authors say

theguardian.com - by Oliver Milman - November 23, 2018

Climate change is already harming Americans’ lives with “substantial damages” set to occur as global temperatures threaten to surge beyond internationally agreed limits, a major US government report has warned.

The influence of climate change is being felt across the US with increases in disastrous wildfires in the west, flooding on the east coast, soil loss in the midwest and coastal erosion in Alaska, according to the US National Climate Assessment . . .

 . . . Included in the dozens of draft report chapters:

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In California, a five-year drought followed by heavy rainfall caused record flooding, landslides and erosion. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

theguardian.com - by Emily Holden - November 28, 2018

. . . Water will become increasingly difficult to manage in the face of climate change. Government planners are already having a harder time supplying clean water to America’s general population, farmers and ecosystems, as aquifers are being depleted in many regions of the US.

And with climate change and rising temperatures, they will be battling an even deeper worsening of droughts and more flooding from intense rainfall events.

CLICK HERE - READ COMPLETE ARTICLE - Why water will be the next battleground in the fight against climate change

 

nola.com - by Mark Schleifstein - November 27, 2018

Louisiana is at exceptional risk from climate change effects through the remainder of the 21st century, including the effects of between 1 and 4 feet of sea level rise, a greater number of intense rainfall days, increasingly warmer temperatures, and exposure to mosquito-borne diseases, according to a new federal National Climate Assessment report. 

The impacts to both infrastructure and human health already are especially high and will continue to be so for New Orleans and other major cities in southeastern states, according to the report released Friday (Nov. 23).

CLICK HERE - READ COMPLETE ARTICLE - Climate report: Louisiana, Southeast at exceptional risk through end of century

 

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