How climate change will impact your region 01:57
How climate change will impact your region 01:57

Here's how climate change will impact the US

By Rene Marsh, Ellie Kaufman, Ross Levitt and Gregory Wallace, CNN

Updated at 4:34 PM ET, Fri March 1, 2019

(CNN) The lengthy National Climate Assessment released on Friday includes detailed information about how specific regions of the US will be impacted. Here's what else you need to know.

Northeast

-- There will be shorter winters and longer summers.
-- There will be a decline of species that support some of the most valuable and iconic fisheries, including Atlantic cod, Atlantic sea scallops and American lobsters.
-- Expect approximately 650 excess deaths per year caused by extreme heat by 2050