Climate Change
Lynx, © Alanna Schmidt / National Geographic Stock
Polar Bear, © Paul Nicklen / National Geographic Stock

Hot Spots Around the Country

Across the country, wildlife is feeling the effects of climate change. Use our our interactive map to click your way across the country and see impacts of global warming being felt today, changes to expect tomorrow and what’s being done to help wildlife adapt to a warming world.


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Red Knot, Photo: Greg Breese / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Species at Risk
Each spring, thousands of these shorebirds stop in the U.S. as they migrate from South America to the Canadian Arctic.
Polar Bear, © William Bonilla
Habitat Conservation
For all its unique beauty, the Arctic Refuge is under assault. The oil industry and its political allies continue to launch attacks to open this national treasure to destructive oil and gas drilling, while climate change threatens to disrupt its habitats faster than wildlife can adapt.
Florida Manatee, Photo: Jim Reid / USFWS
Species at Risk
Habitat loss and collisions with watercraft threaten these giant and gentle marine mammals.