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Arizona

Arizona is vulnerable to increasing heat, melting snowpack, droughts, and wildfires Arizona’s climate is already changing. The state has warmed two degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. Arizona can expect increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves, reduced snowpack, reduced …
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Illinois

Illinois is Vulnerable to Climate Change: In the Midwestern region, extreme heat, flooding and intense rain is expected to harm agriculture, health and infrastructure. The National Climate Assessment also points to increased risks from climate change to the Great Lakes, including …
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North Carolina

North Carolina Climate and Energy Facts: North Carolina is Vulnerable to Climate Change: For the past 30 years, North Carolinians on average experienced seven days a year of temperatures above 95°F. By mid-century, this number is expected to rise to 39 …
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Michigan

Michigan Climate and Energy Facts: Effects of climate change in Michigan Climate change is likely to increase the frequency of floods in Michigan. Ovhttps://climatenexus.org/climate-issues/business/business-climate-change/er the last 50 years, average annual precipitation in most of the Midwest has increased by 5 …
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Florida

Florida is extremely vulnerable to impacts of climate change that threaten the state’s agriculture, energy and tourism industries Modern annual average (1986–2016) temperature in the Southeast is 0.46°F warmer than it was in the first half of the last century …
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Nebraska

Nebraska is vulnerable to increasing heat, drought, and severe storms which threaten agricultural and economic productivity and human health Nebraska’s climate is already changing. In the past century, most of the state has warmed by at least one degree Fahrenheit. …
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Louisiana

Louisiana is Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change: Louisiana faces the highest rate of sea level rise within the United States. According to a Risky Business report, the mean sea level at Grand Isle will rise to  1.9 to 2.4 feet by …
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Kansas

Kansas is vulnerable to increasing heat, drought, and severe storms which threaten agricultural and economic productivity and human health Kansas’s climate is already changing. In the past century, most of the state has warmed by at least one degree Fahrenheit. …
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Kentucky

Kentucky is Vulnerable to Climate Change: The National Climate Assessment found that extreme heat in the Southeast region due to the changing climate will add severe stress to water availability while storms will become more intense and more frequent. Federal Emergency Management …
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Wyoming

Wyoming is vulnerable to increasing heat, melting snowpack and glaciers, reduced water availability and wildfires Wyoming’s climate is already changing. Most of the state has warmed by one to three degrees Fahrenheit in the last century. The number of extreme …