It can be hard to adapt to any change, whether it touches your home, health, or livelihood. And now communities must confront climate change – the epic, sweeping force with the potential to disrupt every facet of life.
Many U.S. residents can already see the impacts of climate change from their own front doors, whether that view is clouded by smoke from frequent wildfires in the West or washed by torrential downpours in the Midwest and Northeast.
According to the Fourth National Climate Assessment, a sweeping report that outlines how climate change is affecting the United States, downpours have already grown more intense in some regions, and the risks from rising temperatures, drought, heat waves, and sea-level rise are growing. These impacts could threaten health, infrastructur