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Dangerous heat is forecast across the Southwest U.S. and northern Mexico this week. Nearly 53 million people are expected to experience at least one day under these exceptional, climate-driven ...
Extreme heat streaks are becoming more common in major U.S. cities as climate change fuels more dangerous heat.
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.
This report looks at the influence of climate change-driven extreme heat on pregnancy risks over 2020-2024.
Climate change has nearly doubled the number of days with extreme heat that put pregnant people at risk in the U.S.
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.
La intensidad de lluvia por hora, un factor clave en las inundaciones repentinas, ha aumentado desde 1970 en ciudades de todo EE. UU.
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.
Climate change is causing hotter temperatures to become more frequent in the four West African countries responsible for producing approximately 70% of the world’s cacao — the key ingredient ...
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.