There are many parts of the USA that are above and beyond the 2 degrees Celsius that is the critical threshold for global warming. A host of global catastrophic changes will occur ‘when’ (no longer ‘if’) the global average exceeds that level. For those areas already above this level, local adaptations have already begun:
Map:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-america/
Our global population’s ‘general failure’ to recognize that visible light and invisible infrared light are both electromagnetic carriers of energy (heat) & our ‘overall failure’ to comprehend that the greenhouse effect and increasing greenhouse gases are the cause of increasing global warming has resulted in our logically failing to mitigate the situation. Now surviving, not thriving, will dominate our future activities.
Search:
lower 48 exceed 2 degrees celsius
For mitigation, search:
‘doable drawdown solutions’
For adaptations, search:
‘climate change adaptations’
Global Warming Cartoons —
Only In America:
https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/VCVmMnCGl8FyIbX-K2EMoLQ1oq4=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/groundhog-day-climate-change-56a755483df78cf77294b63c.jpg
What If Global Warming Is A Hoax?:
https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/lQz4WnHzK5QudT7K362ZaQsolVU=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/What-If-Its-A-Hoax-56a74f4c5f9b58b7d0e8f300.jpg
How Human Nature Works:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/death-human_nature-humanity-doomsayers-doom_sayers-prophets-wmi111130_low.jpg
Iconoclastic Doomsayer:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/religion-iconoclasm-iconoclasts-doomsayers-doom_sayers-apocalypses-wmi101217_low.jpg
Earth Goddess Gaia
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnxmtvSUIAA438g.jpg