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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

New Climate Central analysis shows where urban heat is most intense in 44 major U.S. cities accounting for nearly one-quarter of the U.S. population.

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 ...

Over the last five decades, the Great Lakes have trended toward less ice, for less time — consistent with global trends in lake ice decline as the planet warms.

KEY CONCEPTS. 204 U.S. locations have seen a drop in the annual number of freezing nights since 1970. The average change across these 204 locations was 13 fewer freezing nights.