Advertisement3 major ways climate change affects life in the U.S.November 20, 2023Rebecca HersherAlejandra BorundaAaron ScottBerly McCoyRebecca RamirezfacebookEmailTourists walk around the base of the Washington Monument as smoke from wildfires in Canada casts a haze of the U.S. Capitol on the National Mall in June of this year. Air pollution alerts were issued across the United States due to the fires. (Getty Images)