Climate change in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Climate change is affecting locations like Baton Rouge in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include more unusually warm days, more intense hurricanes, and more frequent and intense storms.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Baton Rouge are at risk in a warming world.
Baton Rouge's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Baton Rouge in fall
Threats to coastal wetlands
Sea level rise threatens wetlands.
More warm fall days
Fall (September-November) has warmed nationwide since 1970.
More intense hurricanes
Warmer oceans from climate change fuel stronger hurricanes.
Changes in severe storms
Certain conditions favorable to thunderstorms and tornadoes are occurring more often
More coastal flooding
In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago.
Impacts to food prices
Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.
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