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    Climate change in Charleston, South Carolina

    Climate change is affecting locations like Charleston in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include heavier rain, more mosquito days, and greater health risks from humid heat.

    Explore these pages to learn how people in Charleston are at risk in a warming world.


    Charleston's climate threats in include:

    Explore some ways climate change is affecting Charleston in summer

    Threats to coastal wetlands

    Sea level rise threatens wetlands.

    Heavier rainfall rates

    Heavier rain threatens people, ecosystems, and infrastructure nationwide.

    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 Charleston and climate change

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

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