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    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

    Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for New Orleans, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.

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