Climate Change Impacts

Climate change affects every state differently.

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Climate change affects human health by making extreme heat more common, more severe, and last longer.

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All Americans, at some point in their lives, are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

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Climate change can alter where species live and how they interact, which could fundamentally transform current ecosystems.

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Climate Change Impacts

The changing climate impacts society and ecosystems in a broad variety of ways. For example, climate change can alter rainfall, influence crop yields, affect human health, cause changes to forests and other ecosystems, and even impact our energy supply. Climate-related impacts are occurring across the country and over many sectors of our economy.

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