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This is Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello. Your minute begins now.

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Climate change is already melting the Arctic, queering weather and threatening food supplies.

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So who's paying the price for all these global warming impacts?

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It might seem like insurers are most at risk.

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Indeed, insurers did pay out some $33 billion in climate-related damages last year in the U.S.alone.

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But it turns out that bearing the brunt of climate change costs is you, the taxpayer.

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A new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the NRDC, finds that the federal government spent three times more than the private insurance industry on climate change impacts last year.

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And, of course, those federal efforts are entirely funded by taxpayers.

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"It is in effect a climate disruption tax, equivalent to a 2.7 percentage point increase in what Americans paid in sales taxes last year."

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That's Daniel Lashof, director of the NRDC's Climate and Clean Air Program and co-author of the report.

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We spent nearly $100 billion in 2012 on drought-related crop insurance, storms like Hurricane Sandy, floods and wildfires.

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By comparison the nation spent $95 billion on education last year and just $91 billion on transportation.

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Greenhouse gas pollution shows no signs of slowing, recently touching 400 parts-per-million.

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And as that number continues to rise, so will the price.

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Your minute is up, for Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello.

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