What Will Climate Change Do to Us?

The consequences of a warming Earth: a terrifying overview

Megan Price helps her father Pat Price, suit up as he readies to take the rescue boat out in the flooded streets of Seven Springs, N.C., in September 2018. Photo: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post

Introduction by Philip Bump

One thing I’ve noticed over the years as I’ve written about climate change is that the actual predicted effects of a warmer world often aren’t well known. People understand that the planet is getting hotter, a change that is both easy to understand and…