- Extreme heat, drought and wildfires in the nation’s farm belt will harm livestock and reduce crop yields to levels last seen in the 1980s — when we had 100 million fewer people to feed.
- Melting ice and stronger storms will bring flooding to the Northeast, Midwest and Alaska, while extreme heat will bring more wildfires to the Southeast.
- Droughts will weaken hydropower, and groundwater supplies will run dry.
- Coastal flooding and erosion will taint drinking water with saltwater in Puerto Rico
Could lose $118 billion in coastal real estate, labor productivity loss primarily in the south is $150 billion, annual cost of road damage $20 billion
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