In the 65 largest U.S. cities, 76% of K-12 public school students attend school in extreme urban heat islands according to new Climate Central analysis.

A dangerous early-season heat wave will impact the central and eastern U.S. between June 20-24, bringing the hottest temperatures of the season so far. A Climate Central analysis finds that human ...

Read the full report: Coastal Flood Risk Across the U.S. Download the data: Coastal Flood Exposure Analysis Key Facts As sea levels rise, flooding is becoming more common along U.S. coasts, where ...

Coastal Risk Finder, Climate Central’s new interactive map resource, shows who’s at risk from worsening coastal floods driven by rising seas in the U.S. — and what’s being done to adapt.

The Climate Shift Index: Ocean quantifies the influence of climate change on daily sea surface temperatures. It’s grounded in peer-reviewed attribution science and was launched by Climate ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Top 10 Hottest Years in the U.S. Global carbon emissions from burning coal, oil, and methane gas climbed to their highest levels ever in 2024. This heat-trapping ...

Across the Northern Hemisphere, climate change is causing a significant increase in winter days with minimum temperatures above freezing, otherwise called lost winter days.

2024 is on track to be Earth’s hottest year on record, and the U.S. experienced 24 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year through November.

Winter is warming in 235 U.S. cities Climate Central analyzed winter average temperature data from 241 U.S. locations (see Methodology) to see how and where winters have warmed from 1970 to 2024 ...

Power outages and hot weather are a dangerous mix. Heat season outages now happen 60% more often than during 2000-2009.

Unusually warm ocean temperatures contributed to Hurricane Beryl's rapid intensification.

June through August 2024 was Earth’s hottest season on record. During this period, the effects of human-induced climate change, mainly from burning fossil fuels, were evident in all regions of ...