Climate change is real

White House: Expect more droughts, floods, disease, and mental health problems (Click here to read more)

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:48 EDT
By Valerie Volcovici
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday released an updated report on how climate change requires urgent action to counter impacts that touch every corner of the country, from oyster growers in Washington State to maple syrup producers in Vermont.
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"Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present," the report said.

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Some environmental and public health groups hailed the National Climate Assessment as a possible "game changer" for efforts to address climate change, in part because it makes the impact less abstract to many Americans.
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"It will help put their own experiences in context, and we think that is important in generating interest and action on the issue," said Lyndsay Moseley, director of the American Lung Association's Healthy Air campaign.

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The extensive report detailed how consequences of climate change are hitting on several fronts, including health, infrastructure, water supply, agriculture and especially in more frequent severe weather such as floods and droughts.
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The impacts are also broken down by region - from storm surges in the Northeast to wildfires and water shortages in the southwestern United States.