Global warming is making hot days hotter, rainfall and flooding heavier, hurricanes stronger and droughts more severe.
This intensification of weather and climate extremes will be the most visible impact of global warming in our everyday lives. People who have the least ability to cope with these changes--the poor, very old, very young, or sick--are the most vulnerable.
Global warming is quickly becoming the biggest threat to the long-term survival of America’s wildlife. Changes are happening much faster than were predicted just a few years ago.
Average temperatures in the U.S. over the last century have already increased by more than one degree, with much greater increases in some regions like Alaska. Temperatures are expected to rise another 2-10 degrees by 2100. These changes are having noticeable effects on wildlife.
From National Wildlife Federation
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