Click the downloadable graphic: What is attribution science? Humans have increased Earth’s temperature, mainly by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and methane gas. The resulting heat-trapping ...

Using Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index (CSI) tool to measure the impact of climate change on daily temperatures across the United States, as well as NOAA’s Applied Climate Information System ...

This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center through a collaboration between NPR’s Radio IQ and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. Southwest Virginia is a hotspot ...

The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the built environment further amplifies both average temperatures and extreme heat in cities. According to the U.S. Environmental ...

Explore local sea level rise and coastal flooding risks worldwide with maps that use the most advanced available global model of coastal elevations. The Climate Shift Index: Ocean (Ocean CSI) applies ...

Meteorological winter (December, January, February) is the fastest-warming season for most of the U.S. Locations across the Northeast and the Great Lakes region have seen some of the highest rates of ...

The warming season is also reflected in the growing number of winter days that are warmer than the 1991-2020 winter normal temperature for that location.

Around 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and this could jump to nearly 90% by 2050. As urban populations expand, so do concerns about climate risks in cities. Built environments can boost risks ...

The Climate Shift Index (CSI), Climate Central’s daily temperature attribution system, applies the latest peer-reviewed methodology to map the influence of climate change on temperatures across the ...

More than half of the global population and about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities — and faces higher heat risks. The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the ...

Summary 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 ...

The Climate Shift Index (CSI), Climate Central’s daily temperature attribution system, applies the latest peer-reviewed methodology to map the influence of climate change on temperatures across the ...