Great Plains Climate Impact Quiz

<p>Higher temperatures and reduced soil moisture</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More frequent and longer-lasting power outages = Extreme weather events Interrupted energy generation and damaged infrastructure = Extreme weather events Fuel shortages and price spikes = Extreme weather events Threat to energy system reliability, security, and resilience = Extreme weather events</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Midwest, Northern Great Plains, and Southern Great Plains = More difficult to grow biofuel crops and impact on wood availability Nationwide = Already affected by extreme weather events and projected to be increasingly threatened by more frequent and longer-lasting power outages</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>High winds, thunderstorms, hurricanes = Interrupt energy generation and damage infrastructure Heat waves, intense cold periods, intense snow events and ice storms = Interrupt energy generation and damage infrastructure Extreme rainfall = Interfere with fuel production and distribution systems, causing shortages or price spikes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cascading impacts on critical sectors = Affect economic and national security Reliability, security, and resilience of the energy system = Underpin virtually every sector of the U.S. economy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>United States = Extreme weather Nationwide = Extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers