climate change in the United States

Chapter 1, Overview, Part 2.

Climate Change in the United States, Current and Future Risks Some climate-related impacts, such as increasing health risks from extreme heat, are common to many regions of the United States, Chapter 14, Human Health, Key Message 1.

Others represent more localized risks, such as infrastructure damage caused by thawing of permafrost, long-frozen ground, in Alaska, or threats to coral reef ecosystems from warmer and more acidic seas in the U.S. Caribbean, as well as Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.

Chapter 26, Alaska, Key Message 2.

Chapter 1, Overview, Part 2.

Climate Change in the United States, Current and Future Risks Some climate-related impacts, such as increasing health risks from extreme heat, are common to many regions of the United States, Chapter 14, Human Health, Key Message 1.

Others represent more localized risks, such as infrastructure damage caused by thawing of permafrost, long-frozen ground, in Alaska, or threats to coral reef ecosystems from warmer and more acidic seas in the U.S. Caribbean, as well as Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.

Chapter 26: Alaska, Key Message two.

Chapter 1, Overview, Part 2.

Climate Change in the United States, Current and Future Risks Some climate-related impacts, such as increasing health risks from extreme heat, are common to many regions of the United States, Chapter 14, Human Health, Key Message 1.

Others represent more localized risks, such as infrastructure damage caused by thawing of permafrost, long-frozen ground, in Alaska, or threats to coral reef ecosystems from warmer and more acidic seas in the U.S. Caribbean, as well as Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.

Chapter 26, Alaska, Key Message 2.