![¿Cómo dañará el calentamiento global a las comunidades, la infraestructura y la economía de los Estados Unidos?](/sites/default/files/EllicottCity_mainstreet_flooding_480x320.jpg)
Desde incendios forestales más grandes e intensos hasta inundaciones repentinas más frecuentes, el calentamiento global ha aumentado el costo de los peligros naturales. El gasto actual en infraestructura no es suficiente para cubrir las reparaciones y mejoras.
![Climate.gov tweet chat: Talk with heat experts on mapping urban heat islands](/sites/default/files/UHI_LasCruces_FLIRcombo_480.png)
Join three heat experts to talk about how we map, monitor, and lessen the impacts of urban heat islands.
Societies, governments, and individuals can take steps to reduce risks and vulnerabilities to shifting climate and weather events in their homes, communities, and businesses.
![Health care facilities maintain indoor air quality through smoke and wildfires](/sites/default/files/BlackForestWildfire_rotater.jpg)
Where the threat of wildfires is rising, HEPA filters and air scrubbers installed for protection against pandemics can also provide climate resilience by protecting hospitals from smoke.
In the agricultural heartland of the Northwest Pacific, a water plan that protects people and nature
After facing 5 years of drought in 15 years, partners in Washington's Yakima River Basin developed a new water plan that aims to make farms, fish, and families in the region more resilient to climate variability and change.
![Quinault Indian Nation plans for village relocation](/sites/default/files/QuinaultVillage_480.png)
As the threats of tsunamis and sea level rise are joined by real and potential climate impacts, the Quinault community looks to move the lower village of Taholah to higher ground.
![U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit nominated for Webby Awards](/sites/default/files/CRT_WebbyRotater2.png)
The International Academy of the Digital Arts & Sciences has chosen the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit as one of five nominees for the annual Webby Awards for online excellence in the "Green" category.
![Planning for the Future in a Floodplain](/sites/default/files/spring_creek_highwater_sculpture_480.jpg)
After a nightmare flood in 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado, stepped up efforts to improve resilience in the face of extreme events--efforts that will also serve the community well if climate change leads to heavier rainstorms.
![Future Flood Zones for New York City](/sites/default/files/NPCC_floodProj_480.jpg)
If mid-century projections of sea level rise prove true for New York City, four times as many people may be living in the 100-year floodplain than were previously estimated based only on observed changes.
![How Sandy affected New York City’s long-term planning](/sites/default/files/battery_underpass_480.jpg)
Stunned by Sandy's devastation, the city of New York undertook an ambitious project: to update its long-term sustainability plan using the latest climate science. Their goal was to understand how much sea level could rise, how soon, and just how vulnerable the city would be if some of the more extreme climate change projections turn into reality.