Climate change in New Orleans, Louisiana
Climate change is affecting locations like New Orleans 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 New Orleans are at risk in a warming world.
New Orleans' climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting New Orleans 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
Impacts to food prices
Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.
More graphics about New Orleans and climate change
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