Climate change in Ottumwa, Iowa
Climate change is affecting locations like Ottumwa in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include drought that affects agriculture, more mosquito days, and greater health risks from humid heat.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Ottumwa are at risk in a warming world.
Ottumwa's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Ottumwa in summer
Stress to crops
Drought worsens crop damages from heat, and drier heat waves may cut global corn and soybean yields.
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 hot summer days
Hotter summers increase heat illness and worsen air quality.
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