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The Climate Trends and Projections section focuses in on the city of Houston, analyzing historical and projected temperature and precipitation trends in 25 different climate indicators, from the temperature of the hottest day of the year to projected changes in heavy
5 paź 2020 · Houston’s market city mentality relaxes land-use policies, downplays environmental impacts and conceives of risk as an individual issue, not a collective one. But as the climate warms, the economic and human tolls of catastrophic flooding from increasingly frequent and extreme weather events necessitate a more collective response, one that ...
5 maj 2021 · HOW OUR REGION’S AIR AND WATER QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AFFECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND FUTURE WELL-BEING. Fundamental to our existence are clean air, potable water, and temperatures being “just right” on Earth.
This is the first section of a three-part report on how Houston has met — and will meet — the challenges posed by Hurricane Harvey. Part One defines the city and region’s trajectory, and its fundamental resilience.
Houston, the most populous city in the Southern United States, is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston.
20 lis 2023 · A new comprehensive federal report documenting the effects of climate change across the country includes Kinder Institute research to bring attention to Harris County’s vulnerabilities. The Fifth National Climate Assessment was released Nov. 14.
The climate is humid and semitropical in the summertime, with an average annual temperature of about 69 degrees. Houston's winters are mild, although freezing sometimes occurs, and its summers are potent.
