Flooding like that seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 will only get more common if climate change continues, the 2018 National Climate Assessment warns.LUCAS JACKSON / REUTERSOn Friday afternoon, the U.S. government published a major and ominous climate report. Despite being released on a holiday, when it seemed the smallest number of people would be paying attention, the latest installment of the National Climate Assessment is, as told to my colleague Robinson Meyer, full of “information that every human needs.”
The report traces the effects climate change has already wrought upon every region of the United States, from nationwide heat waves to dwindling snowpacks in the West. In blunt and…