Climate change in Baltimore, Maryland
Climate change is affecting locations like Baltimore in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include more unusually warm days, heavier rain, and more intense hurricanes.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Baltimore are at risk in a warming world.
Baltimore's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Baltimore in fall
Threats to coastal wetlands
Sea level rise threatens wetlands.
More warm fall days
Fall (September-November) has warmed nationwide since 1970.
Heavier rainfall rates
Heavier rain threatens people, ecosystems, and infrastructure nationwide.
More intense hurricanes
Warmer oceans from climate change fuel stronger hurricanes.
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.
More graphics about Baltimore and climate change
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