Summertime And Vacationing Isn't Easy. Blame It On Climate Change
Record-high temperatures and torrential rains are affecting people's long-needed summer getaways. As the climate warms, vacations may not be what they once were. People are figuring out how to adapt.
by Jeff Brady
Aug 07, 2021
2 minutes
Climate change already is making wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves and droughts more frequent and intense. The devastating effects are in the headlines regularly.
A warming climate also changes lives in subtler ways. NPR asked how more extreme weather is affecting summer plans.
For Maryland graduate student A. Carey, 24, summer means traveling to the Bahamas for Emancipation Day, which was commemorated this year on Aug, 2. The holiday celebrates the end of
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