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.

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.

Hourly rainfall intensity — a key factor in flash floods — has increased since 1970 in cities across the U.S.

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 ...

Los EE. UU. produjo niveles récord de energía solar y eólica en 2024, parte de una tendencia de crecimiento que ya dura una década.

Spring is warming across the U.S., affecting allergy seasons, wildfire risk, and snow-fed water supplies.

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 ...

Unusually warm ocean temperatures contributed to Hurricane Beryl's rapid intensification.

Warming climate, higher Olympics heat risk The Tokyo Olympics in 2021 were the hottest Games ever, when extreme humid heat led to 146 reported cases of heat-related illness among Olympic and ...