<em>Effects will vary by age, gender, geography, and socioeconomic status—and so will remedies.</em>
<em>Power outages in extreme weather could cripple hospitals and transportation systems when we need them most.
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<em>Crop declines could lead to undernutrition, hunger, and higher food prices. More CO2 in the air could make staple crops like barley and soy less nutritious.
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<em>Occupational hazards such as risk of heatstroke will rise, especially among farmers and construction workers. Labor could shift to dawn and dusk, times when more disease-carrying insects are out.
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<em>Hotter days, more rain, and higher humidity will produce more ticks, which spread infectious diseases like Lyme disease. Ticks could be in much of the eastern U.S. by 2080.</em>