Temperature changes will do more than make summers extremely uncomfortable for people who are used to milder temperatures. There are so many places without central air, and it is not cheap to put in and not cheap to run, and that’s just the start of planning that will need to happen,” said Ebi, who was not involved with the new study but who looks at the impact of climate change on health as a professor at the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health. “Buildings in Chicago are built for cold, for example, not heat. Kristie Ebi said more cities are going to be proactive and think about climate change and its impact on infrastructure. “This really will impact people in their daily lives.” “We love seeing studies like these because it’s a really good way to bring climate change in front of people,” Herrod said. Not a lot of Denver residents have air conditioning, but if the city’s climate becomes like Texas’, that will need to change, and residents will need to prepare. On Capitol Hill, new calls for rapid action on climate change (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) George Frey/Getty Images It was announced today that the Trump administration's EPA will repeal the Clean Power Plan,that was put in place by the Obama administration. But by 2080, according to the study, Denver’s climate would be around 9 degrees Fahrenheit warmer and more like that of the Texas Panhandle city of Borger, elevation 3,077 feet.ĬASTLE DALE, UT - OCTOBER 9: Emissions rise from the smokestacks of Pacificorp's 1440 megawatt coal fired power plant on Octoin Castle Dale, Utah. Take Denver, elevation 5,280 feet: The “Mile-High City” is known for its comfortable mountain climate and it depends on tourism featuring winter sports like skiing. The change could be particularly problematic in the West, where the study shows that the average distance between cities’ future climate and current “climate analogs” might be shorter.Ĭhanges in elevation show just how drastically different the climate could be in the future. San Francisco would have the climate of Los Angeles: 7 degrees warmer and 40% drier. Cities in Florida would experience summers more like what parts of Mexico has today.
Western cities would be more like the desert Southwest.
The Northeast would be more like the humid parts of the Midwest or southeastern United States. It’s not just the East Coast that could change. Massive insect decline could have 'catastrophic' environmental impact, study says (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images A study released last year conducted by entomologists over several years showed a strong decline in the shear numbers of insects in Germany, presumably due to the use of pesticides by farmers and the disruption of natural habitats. The project, which runs through August 12, is designed to raise public awareness over Germany's insect diversity. The project calls on volunteers across Germany to take an hour and count the various insects they find in a particular location, and thousands of people, both in urban and rural locations, are taking part. By 2080, summers in New York would feel more like those of Lake Shore, Maryland: about 4.4 degrees warmer and 9% drier.īERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 09: A bumblebee lands on a flower as workers from NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland, or Federation for Nature Protection Germany), Germany's biggest NGO for conservation and the study of nature, inspect an urban garden for insects while participating in NABU's "insect summer" project on Augin Berlin, Germany. If we cut emissions and enact policies that tackle climate change, the change won’t be nearly as extreme. That means that by 2080, many cities will probably experience “novel climates with no modern equivalent.”Īccording to the researchers’ interactive map, if emissions are not cut and climate change continues as it is, by 2080, summers in New York will feel like those of Jonesboro, Arkansas: an average 9.1 degrees Fahrenheit warmer and 20.8% drier. In many urban areas, the researchers from the University of Maryland, North Carolina State University and the National History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen found “substantial differences” between probable future climate and even the best scenario. Polar bear invasion: Parents scared to send children to school in remote Russian archipelago Novaya Zemlya, located off Russia's northeastern arctic coast, has been swarmed by dozens of polar bears since December.
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