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 ...

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

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.

High temperatures attributable to climate change exposed millions to heat-related health risks between December 2024 and February 2025.

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

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.

Climate change increased maximum wind speeds for every Atlantic hurricane in 2024, according to a Climate Central analysis based on new, peer-reviewed research.

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