North America

Specific Countries Impacted: US Great Lakes (water levels dropping), Northwestern US & Alaska (rising sea levels), Canada & Northeastern US (increases in West Nile virus)

 

• Diminishing snow cover is decreasing the availability of drinking water
• Unpredictable weather patterns are causing a rise in wildfires and insect (disease) outbreaks
• Rising sea levels are producing intensified storms and other weather events such as flooding and shoreline erosion