Climate change in Fort Myers, Florida
Climate change is affecting locations like Fort Myers in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include increased cooling demand, changes to fall foliage, and more intense hurricanes.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Fort Myers are at risk in a warming world.
Fort Myers' climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Fort Myers in fall
Higher cooling demand for schools
Hotter summers and longer warm seasons make cooling schools a growing challenge.
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.
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.
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