Extreme weather events fueled by climate change bring health risks—including from damp, moldy homes after storms and floods.

Large-scale power outages are increasingly common across the United States. Damaging storms, extreme weather, and a growing demand for electricity are straining our nation’s aging power ...

Read the report: 365 Days on a Warming Planet: Revealing the fingerprints of human-caused climate change on daily temperatures around the world—using the Climate Shift Index Key Facts Climate ...

KEY CONCEPTS 2022 was the 18th hottest year on record for the U.S., according to NOAA. Temperatures in 2022 are a snapshot of a longer warming trend across the U.S. and the globe. 2022 was also a ...

Poison ivy and the Lyme disease-carrying blacklegged tick may both pose more of a threat to public health now, as a result of climate change.

The purpose of this analysis is to assess the extent to which human-caused climate change has increased the number of uncomfortably hot summer nights (December-February in the Southern Hemisphere ...

KEY CONCEPTS Climate Central analyzed how and where urban heat islands boost temperatures within 65 major U.S. cities that are home to 50 million people, or 15% of the total U.S. population. The ...

Cutting emissions of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—is considered the most effective strategy to quickly slow warming. New and better data play a key role in enabling rapid reductions.

KEY CONCEPTS Extreme cold events still occur in a warming world, but they’re getting shorter and milder. Since 1970, the coldest day of the year has warmed by 7°F on average across 242 U.S ...

KEY CONCEPTS About 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities, where the urban heat island effect can worsen heat extremes. Climate Central analyzed how urban heat island intensity varies within ...

KEY CONCEPTS Climate change is supercharging the water cycle, bringing heavier rainfall extremes and related flood risks across the U.S. Some 126 U.S. cities (88% of 144 analyzed) have experienced ...

Solar’s growing role in the electricity mix The U.S. added more than 121 GW of utility- and small-scale solar capacity in total during the last decade — meaning there was nearly eight times ...