More evidence that actions to deal with climate change and its potentially devastating impacts are not a challenge that can be ignored without dire consequences, according to the meteorological data that scientists, engineers continue and others to compile. Margaret Garcia, an assistant professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment,  part of the Fulton Schools, is a coauthor of a recent National Climate Assessment that shows the severity of disasters ignited by the consequences of global warming and other factors related to climate change. Rising risks presented by fast-changing climate conditions include extreme heat, severe drought, water shortages, more wildfires, loss or productive farmland and fiercer hurricanes. (A subscription may be necessary to access the article online.)