Distilling The National Climate Assessment With Our Guest Elena Christopoulos

Global warming is now affecting the United States more than ever,
and the risks of future disasters — from flooding along the coasts
to crop failures in the Midwest — could pose a profound threat to
Americans’ well-being. That’s the gist of Volume Two of the latest
National Climate Assessment, a 1,656-page report issued on Friday
that explores both the current and future impacts of climate
change. The scientific report, which comes out every four years as
mandated by Congress, was produced by 13 federal agencies and
released by the Trump administration. This
year’s report contains many of the same findings cited in
the previous National Climate Assessment, published in 2014.
Temperatures are still going up, and the odds of dangers such as
wildfires in the West continue to increase. But reflecting some of
the impacts that have been felt across the country in the past four
years, some of the report’s emphasis has changed. Read
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/highlights-climate-assessment.html