How the climate crisis is already harming America – photo essay

The damage rising temperatures bring is been seen around the country, with experts fearing worse is to come

Climate change is not an abstract future threat to the United States, but a real danger that is already harming Americans' lives, with substantial damages" to follow if rising temperatures are not controlled.

This was the verdict of a major US government report two years ago. The Trump administration's attitude to climate change was perhaps illustrated in the timing of the report's release, which was in the news dead zone a day after Thanksgiving.