A new study by U.S. federal authorities warns that climate change phenomena, such as abnormally high and low temperatures, could impact U.S. economic growth more severely than previously expected, potentially wiping out up to one-third of the nation's output by 2100, with the Southern states likely to be hit harder. In contrast, the Trump administration's tariffs of hundreds of billions of dollars on major trading partners such as Canada, Mexico, China, and the European Union are estimated to have damaged U.S. economic output by only about 0.06% to 0.25%. CBS News reports that the report points out that, in the long term, the impact of declining economic growth rates is greater than the shrinkage in economic output because \"changes in economic growth rates accumulate over time, thus their effects last longer.\" The Southern states will be most affected. Secondly, Southern states are most sensitive to temperature changes during the summer and fall. For example, automobile factories reduce production when temperatures exceed 90\u00b0F, and the service, financial, insurance, and real estate industries, which are crucial to the U.S. economy, are also vulnerable to the damage caused by high summer temperatures. The report also stated, \"Home sales tend to occur more frequently in spring and summer, possibly because people need to move around and spend time outdoors when buying a house. When temperatures rise, potential buyers are less inclined to go out, which explains why high summer temperatures are detrimental to the real estate industry.\" Furthermore, unusually warm weather can increase the number of people seeking medical care, lead to more insurance claims, and harm agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, but conversely benefit the hydroelectric and mining industries because high temperatures tend to boost electricity consumption. This summer, temperatures across the United States have repeatedly broken records. According to statistics from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 1895, the average temperature in the 48 contiguous states in July this year was the third highest on record, second only to 2016 and 1933. Outside the United States, Ireland, Scotland, and Canada, which are traditionally mild-climate areas, have also been hit by unusually high temperatures this summer, indicating that the impact of abnormal weather is no longer limited to the United States. Source: United Daily News (2018\/08\/21)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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