Climate Central researches and reports on the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise and coastal flooding, extreme weather and weather attribution, global warming and local temperature trends, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions.| www.climatecentral.org
A dangerous early-season heat wave will impact the central and eastern U.S. between June 20-24, bringing the hottest temperatures of the season so far. A Climate Central analysis finds that human-caused climate change made this extreme heat at least three times more likely for around 174 million people — nearly half of the U.S. population.| www.climatecentral.org
New Climate Central analysis shows where urban heat is most intense in 65 major cities that account for 15% of the U.S. population.| www.climatecentral.org
Climate change boosts the frequency and intensity of extreme weather that wreaks havoc on the power grid.| www.climatecentral.org
As the U.S. warms, planting zones are shifting north—affecting which plants farmers and gardeners can grow in their local area.| www.climatecentral.org
Power outages are increasingly common, and weather was the cause of about 83% of major outages from 2000-2021. New analysis breaks down U.S. trends by region and weather event type.| www.climatecentral.org
