‘The science is irrefutable’: US warming faster than global average, says report

Government assessment says extreme weather events mean country suffers a disaster every three weeks, costing at least $1bn

The US is warming faster than the global average and its people are suffering far-reaching and worsening" consequences from the climate crisis, with worse to come, according to an authoritative report issued by the US government.

An array of increasingly harmful impacts" is hitting every corner of the vast country, from extreme heat and sea level rise in Florida to depleted fish stocks and increased food insecurity in Alaska, the new National Climate Assessment has found.