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.

A global review of extreme heat over the past 12 months (May 2024 to May 2025), climate change’s influence on that heat, and strategies to prevent increasingly frequent and intense heat from ...

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.

The U.S. produced record levels of solar and wind power in 2024 – part of a decade-long growth trend.

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 ...

2024 is on track to be Earth’s hottest year on record, and the U.S. experienced 24 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year through November.

Power outages and hot weather are a dangerous mix. Heat season outages now happen 60% more often than during 2000-2009.

Read the full report: Analysis: Climate change is increasing dangerous nighttime temperatures across the globe Download data for world regions, countries, and cities: .xlsx Download data for ...