The city of Annapolis, Md., one of the oldest state capitals in the nation, is sinking into the quickly-rising Chesapeake Bay. Last year, the city experienced 65 days of flooding. By mid-century, it's expected to see 360 days of flooding a year.
If you get off the Metro at Capitol South pass the wall to wall ads for Koch Industries that plaster the station and ascend the escalator, you'll meet a man with a different message at the top.
“Climate does not work in a vacuum,” says researcher Malini Ranganathan. “It works in unpredictable ways as a catalyst for already existing challenges.”