U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Annual average temperatures across North America are projected to increase, with proportionally greater changes at higher latitudes as compared to lower latitudes, and under a higher scenario (RCP8.5, ...

This map illustrates the national scope of the dispersion of displaced people from Hurricane Katrina. It shows the location by zip code of the 800,000 displaced Louisiana residents who requested feder ...

Click on the image for a larger view. A variety of factors can increase the vulnerability of specific demographic groups to health effects due to climate change. For example, older adults are more vul ...

Increases in temperature, changes in wind patterns, and ecosystem changes are likely to increase ground-level ozone concentrations in the New York metropolitan region in the future, according to clima ...

This satellite image shows smoke from forest fires in Quebec, Canada, during July 2002 (red circles). The fires resulted in up to a 30-fold increase in the concentration of fine particles in the air i ...

Heavy downpours, which are increasing in the United States, have contributed to increases in heavy flood events. The figure illustrates how people can become exposed to waterborne diseases. Human expo ...

Flooding in Alaska. Source : . NOAA Climate. ov Page/s that contain this image : . Extreme Events. Last modified : . 2 September 2015 - 12:26pm. ...

Map shows numbers of days with temperatures above 100ºF during 2011. The black circles denote the location of observing stations recording 100°F days. Source : . Global Change Informatio ...

The top map above shows average monthly temperatures in the contiguous United States for July 2012. At the time, July 2012 was the hottest month on record in the lower 48 states. The bottom map shows ...

The chart depicts the many different ways climate change impacts health. What do they have in common? Their negative health outcomes are preventable. Source : . Centers for Disease Contr ...