Climate change in Houston, Texas
Climate change is affecting locations like Houston in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include changes to fall foliage, more intense hurricanes, and more frequent and intense storms.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Houston are at risk in a warming world.
Houston's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Houston in fall
Threats to coastal wetlands
Sea level rise threatens wetlands.
Impacts to fall color
Conditions that trigger fall color are shifting with climate change.
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.
More graphics about Houston and climate change
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