How is climate change likely to affect Massachusetts and the other New England states?
According to the New England Climate Coalition, these are some of the impacts of climate change in Massachusetts: Over the last century, the average temperature in Amherst, Massachusetts has increased 2 degrees F. Precipitation has increased by up to 20 percent in many parts of the state. By 2100, temperatures could increase by about 4 degrees in winter and spring and about 5 degrees in summer and fall. Precipitation by 2100 is estimated to increase by about 10 percent in spring and summer, 15 percent in fall, and 20-60 percent in winter. The amount of precipitation on extreme wet or snowy days in winter is likely to increase while the frequency of extreme hot days in summer would also increase. Heat-related deaths in Boston during a typical summer could increase 50 percent by 2050. The potential for transmission of diseases such as malaria. Dengue fever, West Nile virus and Lyme disease is expanded with warming as the habitats of disease-carrying insects expand. Warmer seas could cont
According to the New England Climate Coalition, these are some of the impacts of climate change in Massachusetts: Over the last century, the average temperature in Amherst, Massachusetts has increased 2 degrees F. Precipitation has increased by up to 20 percent in many parts of the state. By 2100, temperatures could increase by about 4 degrees in winter and spring and about 5 degrees in summer and fall. Precipitation by 2100 is estimated to increase by about 10 percent in spring and summer, 15 percent in fall, and 20-60 percent in winter. The amount of precipitation on extreme wet or snowy days in winter is likely to increase while the frequency of extreme hot days in summer would also increase. Heat-related deaths in Boston during a typical summer could increase 50 percent by 2050. The potential for transmission of diseases such as malaria. Dengue fever, West Nile virus and Lyme disease is expanded with warming as the habitats of disease-carrying insects expand. Warmer seas could cont
