But being outside a flood zone doesn’t mean your risk is zero. You should also consider your home’s exposure to heat. Neighborhoods with plenty of trees and green space will give you more options during a heat wave, keeping your home cooler in general, and especially if your power fails.
Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic hurricanes are threatening to sink their already vulnerable economies.
The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.
By 2055, 84% of all U.S. homes may see some drop in value, totaling $1.47 trillion in losses, according to an analysis by climate-risk firm First Street.
Most countries failed to submit national emissions plans to the United Nations, suggesting that the global framework for addressing climate change is wobbling.
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Adaptation can also involve changing how and where people live, prohibiting them from rebuilding in areas that repeatedly flood or burn, for example, or insisting that they elevate their homes and use only fire-resistant building practices. But because such measures are deeply unpopular, politicians tend to avoid raising them at all.
PrimePutt looked at how climate change is impacting golf courses and what the sport can do moving forward to adapt to this new landscape.