More billion-dollar severe storms. More storms with tornadic potential. Severe weather hazards shifting east into additional vulnerable communities—and extending earlier into winter months.

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. The ...

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 ...

Figure 1. Sapporo, Japan: Projected Future Sea Levels Utilizing Google Earth images, Climate Central developed realistic renderings of coastal locations under different future warming scenarios ...

KEY CONCEPTS According to combined NOAA and NASA data, global temperatures in 2023 ranked highest in the 144-year record, at 1.4°C (2.52°F) above the early industrial (1881-1910) baseline ...

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 a ...

The purpose of this analysis is to assess the extent to which human-caused climate change has increased the number of uncomfortably hot summer nights (December-February in the Southern Hemisphere ...

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 in the United States, as extreme weather fueled by climate change wreaks havoc on the aging electrical grid. These outages affect millions of ...

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 experienced ...

This report looks at the influence of climate change-driven extreme heat on pregnancy risks over 2020-2024.