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.

Read the full report: Coastal Flood Risk Across the U.S. Download the data: Coastal Flood Exposure Analysis Key Facts As sea levels rise, flooding is becoming more common along U.S. coasts, where ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Read the full report: Climate change is heating up West Africa's cocoa belt Download the data: Data for 44 districts, regions, and states in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria ...

Values on the scale should be interpreted as “at least that many times more likely” (or less likely, when the Index is negative). For example, an Ocean CSI value of 100 means “at least 100 ...

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.

Unusually warm ocean temperatures contributed to Hurricane Beryl's rapid intensification. Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index: Ocean (Ocean CSI), which quantifies the influence of climate ...

Read the full report: People Exposed to Climate Change: June-August 2024 Download the data: 22 major regions; 218 countries, territories, or dependencies; 254 states, territories, or provinces of ...