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Climate Central's interactive tools help track ocean warming trends and their links to human-caused climate change.
Extreme heat streaks are becoming more common in major U.S. cities as climate change fuels more dangerous heat.
Devastating flash floods across the Hill Country in central Texas on July 4 to 7, 2025 left a trail of destruction claiming over 80 lives with more still unaccounted for. As climate change drives ...
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.
Levels of planet-warming CO2 in the atmosphere surged in 2024, growing at the fastest annual rate on record. As heat-trapping pollution continues to warm the planet, summer temperatures are ...
This report looks at the influence of climate change-driven extreme heat on pregnancy risks over 2020-2024.
Planting zones are warming — affecting which plants thrive in different U.S. regions. This trend is likely to continue as global temperatures rise.
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.
High temperatures attributable to climate change exposed millions to heat-related health risks between December 2024 and February 2025.
KEY CONCEPTS The U.S. generated a record 756,621 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity from solar and wind in 2024 — enough to power the equivalent of more than 70 million average American homes ...
Warming trends in 172 U.S. cities are giving plants more time to grow and release pollen. That means longer allergy seasons for millions in the U.S. with seasonal allergies.
Spring is warming across the U.S., affecting allergy seasons, wildfire risk, and snow-fed water supplies.
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