The climate crisis is the ultimate global story, but it’s also a local one. D.C. has declared a heat emergency more than ten times this summer. The Anacostia River is teeming with tiny shards of plastic. Record-breaking flooding is only likely to get worse.

The urgency of the issue notwithstanding, it remains undercovered—in our own pages and elsewhere. That’s why we’re joining more than 175 news outlets in dedicating additional coverage to the subject for a week this month.

The numbers are terrifying, and we’ll look at them unflinchingly. Communities of color are being disproportionately affected, and we need to acknowledge that. The local ecosystem is changing, and it must not go unnoticed. We’ll also look at what the region’s governments and nonprofits are doing right, and what we can do as local citizens.

But we don’t have all the questions (much less all the answers). What do you want to know about the ways that global warming is affecting the District?

You’re always welcome to ask us questions or send tips via good old email (about this or any other subject). But think of this as a dedicated hotline for your questions about what a changing climate means for a changing D.C. region.