Southeast U.S. Should Prepare for Wild Weather from Climate Change

People who live in the southeastern United States should begin to prepare for more drastically changing weather conditions -- everything from heat waves to poorer air quality -- caused by climate change, according to a new book.

The book was prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment, a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage.  Climate of the Southeast United States is the result of a collaboration among three Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Centers: the Southeast Climate Consortium; the Carolinas Regional Sciences and Assessments; and the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program; with contributions from numerous local, state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies to develop a comprehensive, state of the art look at the effects of climate change in the region.

Southeast U.S. Should Prepare for Wild Weather from Climate Change