Climate change: above average temperatures

Illustration representing climate change and below average temperatures

Illustration of drought

Heat wave icon

Illustration of wildfire

Illustration of a ghost forest, which can be caused by sea-level rise, land subsidence, or both. As land subsides along the coast, trees can drown in saturated soils, creating ghost forests. Salt-water intrusion into groundwater can also cause salt-intolerant trees to die

View of melted snowman

Illustration of sea-level rise

Saltwater intrudes into freshwater, a problem often affiliated with excess coastal groundwater extraction