Climate change is already costing the U.S. hundreds of millions of dollars and climbing

With three major hurricane strikes, devastating wildfires, and deadly floods, 2017 is likely to set a record for the greatest number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in a single year in the United States. 

Damaging and expensive years like this one are likely to become the norm around the world as climate change shifts the odds in favor of particular extreme weather events, according to a new report by Congress’ official auditing arm. In fact, toward the end of the 21st century, climate change-related cuts to agricultural production, along with sea level rise, wildfires, and heat waves, could rack up a bill into the trillions of dollars. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Climate change is already costing the U.S. hundreds of millions of dollars and climbing