Climate change in New Orleans, Louisiana
Climate change is affecting locations like New Orleans in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include more intense hurricanes, more mosquito days, and greater health risks from humid heat.
Explore these pages to learn how people in New Orleans are at risk in a warming world.
New Orleans' climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting New Orleans in summer
Threats to coastal wetlands
Sea level rise threatens wetlands.
More intense hurricanes
Warmer oceans from climate change fuel stronger hurricanes.
More mosquito days
Mosquitoes thrive in warm and humid conditions that are becoming more frequent
More dangerous heat
Climate change is driving hotter, longer, and more frequent extreme heat.
More graphics about New Orleans and climate change
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