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. It’s official: 2024 was the hottest year on record — both globally and for the U.S. Average global temperatures in 2024 ranked highest in the 145-year record, 1.54°C (2.77°F ...

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.

THIS IS NOT THE MOST RECENT VERSION AVAILABLE. Since 1970, spring has warmed by 2.2°F on average across 229 U.S. locations. Warmer springs affect health, water supplies, and growing seasons.

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 ...

KEY CONCEPTS. Relatively small increases in average global temperatures cause relatively large increases in daily heat extremes. Climate Central analyzed the shifting balance between daily hot and ...

Key Facts. Climate change, due primarily to burning oil, coal, and methane gas, is causing hotter temperatures to become more frequent in the four West African countries responsible for producing ...

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.

KEY CONCEPTS. Flooding is costly, damaging, and deadly. Flood risk extends from coastlines to large areas far inland, disproportionately impacting racial minorities and low-income households in ...

KEY CONCEPTS. Of all major U.S. power outages reported from 2000 to 2023, 80% (1,755) were due to weather. Most weather-related outages were caused by severe weather (58%), winter storms (23% ...

Public and private clean investments have focused on buying, making, and using different technologies in various states. These rankings partly depend on state size, population, natural resources ...

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 ...