KEY CONCEPTS. According to combined NOAA and NASA data, global temperatures in 2023 ranked highest in the 144-year record, at 1.4°C (2.52°F) above the early industrial (1881-1910) baseline average.

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 states ...

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. 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.

Read the report: 365 Days on a Warming Planet: Revealing the fingerprints of human-caused climate change on daily temperatures around the world—using the Climate Shift Index Key Facts. Climate ...

Extreme weather events fueled by climate change bring health risks—including from damp, moldy homes after storms and floods.

Solar’s growing role in the electricity mix. The U.S. added more than 121 GW of utility- and small-scale solar capacity in total during the last decade — meaning there was nearly eight times ...

Over the last five decades, the Great Lakes have trended toward less ice, for less time — consistent with global trends in lake ice decline as the planet warms.

KEY CONCEPTS. 2022 was the 18th hottest year on record for the U.S., according to NOAA.. Temperatures in 2022 are a snapshot of a longer warming trend across the U.S. and the globe. 2022 was also ...

Poison ivy and the Lyme disease-carrying blacklegged tick may both pose more of a threat to public health now, as a result of climate change.

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 ...

Fire weather trends in the East. Most eastern areas included in this analysis saw, at most, a few more days of annual fire weather since 1973 — and around 30% of eastern climate divisions saw ...