Climate Central is pleased to announce the release of CoastalDEM® v2.1, a near-global digital elevation model for ocean coastal areas. CoastalDEM v2.1 has ...

Gun violence in the United States claims tens of thousands lives per year, prompting many organizations to declare it as a major public health issue. Researchers have consistently found that the risks ...

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Conversations that make science clear and climate local. You know climate change is happening … but you’re wondering what that means for you. At Curiously Climate, we transform complex climate science ...

Paid solutions for climate resilience, built on our research. Climate Central analyzed 20 years of power outage data, which is supplied by utilities to the federal government and the North American ...

Mosquitoes thrive in warm, humid weather. As our climate warms, many places are becoming more hospitable to mosquitoes—and the health risks they can carry. A new Climate Central analysis assessed long ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Click the downloadable pdf: Statements You Can Make About Climate Change and Extreme Weather Humans have increased Earth’s ...

We analyzed 192 Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) stations associated with U.S. cities. For each city, we found the CSI time series from the nearest 0.25° grid cell. We calculated the number ...

The planet’s strongest year-to-year climate variation—ENSO—is likely to flip from La Niña to neutral by spring. Here’s how ENSO influences weather patterns in the U.S. and around the globe. 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 ...

Download and share these materials with credit to Climate Central. Learn more. This summer’s extreme heat is likely to linger through fall with above-normal temperatures expected across the U.S. in ...