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Lesson 13

Climate Change Impacts in the Continental United States

The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a comprehensive report conducted periodically as a result of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, summarizing the impacts of climate change on the United States. The most recent NCA (NCA5) was released in 2023 and highlights ways in which all regions in the United States are currently experiencing harmful impacts of climate change.

In this lesson you will learn:
1) Regional Highlights from the Northwest
2) Regional Highlights from the Southwest
3) Regional Highlights from the Great Plains
4) Regional Highlights from the Midwest
5) Regional Highlights from the Southeast
6) Regional Highlights from the Northeast


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Time Requirement
This lesson should take around 1 hour.