Agriculture, Forests, and Ecosystems
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People and Communities
Higher temperatures, more variable precipitation patterns, and changes in lake levels are likely to increase the vulnerability of human systems in the Great Lakes—including cities, rural and coastal communities, and tribes—to extreme events such as flooding, drought, heat waves, and more intense urban heat island effects. These impacts will compound already existing non-climate stressors such as economic downturns, shrinking cities, and deteriorating infrastructure. Vulnerable communities and tribal nations in the region may be disproportionately affected.
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Still image of an aqueduct canal near Salinas, Puerto Rico, extracted from the FEMA video "Recharge Project: Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project in Salinas, Puerto Rico"
