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Climate change increased temperature, reduced the amount of precipitation, decreased snowpack and increased the ability of air to soak humidity, helping to create arid conditions. As of 2021 the drought was the most severe in the last 500 years. [65] As of 30 June 2021 61% of continental USA were in drought conditions.
Destructive impacts are already in motion
Climate change has led to the United States warming by 2.6 °F (1.4 °C) since 1970. [8] The climate of the United States is shifting in ways that are widespread and varied between regions. [9] [10] From 2010 to 2019, the United States experienced its hottest decade on record. [11] Extreme weather events, invasive species, floods and droughts ...
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference that just concluded in Sharm-el Sheikh, Egypt, he reiterated a pledge to contribute $11.4 billion by 2024 for aid to developing nations trying to ...
Speaking about the occasion, John Kerry mentioned the urgent need to act on climate change in the next 10 years, the impact that climate change would have on the future, and the impacts that already had, such as the latest extreme cold events in the U.S. that, in his opinion, were "related to climate because the polar vortex penetrates further ...
Wary experts say "dystopian technologies" to cool Earth could backfire. Eager businesses aren't listening to the warnings.
The insurance industry has emerged as a powerful driver of climate adaptation, with leading insurers excluding high-emission projects and raising premiums in climate-vulnerable regions by an ...
For details on climate change in North America, please see: Climate change in Canada; Climate change in the Caribbean; Climate change in Greenland;