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 ...

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.

Millions of Americans suffer from seasonal allergies each year, and climate change is making it worse. About one-quarter of adults and 19% of children in the U.S. suffer from seasonal allergies ...

KEY CONCEPTS. The global temperature analyses are in, with NASA ranking 2020 as the warmest year on record (tied with 2016), and NOAA ranking it as the second warmest (see methodology below ...

America’s capacity to generate carbon-free energy from solar and wind power grew in 2022. New analysis of Climate Central’s WeatherPower™ data shows how much and where.

Unusually warm ocean temperatures contributed to Hurricane Beryl's rapid intensification. Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index: Ocean (Ocean CSI), which quantifies the influence of climate ...

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.

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 ...