Sea Level Rise - Climate Central
Climate Central’s Program on Sea Level Rise strives to provide accurate, clear and granular information about sea level rise and coastal flood hazards both locally and globally, today and tomorrow.
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Climate Central researches and reports on the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise and coastal flooding, extreme weather and weather attribution, global warming and local ...
New Presentation: Our Changing Climate - Climate Central
Nov 25, 2020 · Download Full Presentation (PPT, 148MB) Updated: April 2021. Climate Central is presenting a new outreach and education resource for meteorologists, journalists, and others—a climate change ...
The Greenhouse Effect - Climate Central
Apr 15, 2014 · When we add extra greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, though, we increase the atmosphere’s heat-trapping capacity. Less heat escapes to space, more returns to Earth, and the planet warms. There ...
Urban Heat Islands - Climate Central
Jul 14, 2021 · The cities with the five most intense urban heat islands are New Orleans, Newark, N.J., New York City, Houston, and San Francisco. Find more results in our urban heat island report. Heat islands ...
IPCC 6th Assessment Report - The Physical Science Basis
Aug 9, 2021 · The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first of three installments of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The first installment, called Working Group I (WG1), discusses ...
Surging Weather-related Power Outages - Climate Central
Sep 14, 2022 · Between 2000 and 2021, about 83% of reported major outages in the U.S. were attributed to weather-related events. The average annual number of weather-related power outages increased by roughly 78 ...
Coldest Days Warming Up - Climate Central
Jan 23, 2024 · Since 1970, the coldest day of the year has warmed by 7°F on average across 242 U.S. locations analyzed by Climate Central. Yearly coldest temperatures rose at least 1°F in 97% of locations ...
A Decade of Growth in Solar and Wind Power: Trends Across the U.S.
Apr 2, 2024 · Texas added 4,996 MW of capacity (37% annual increase) and generated 6,302 GWh more than the previous year (25% annual increase). California followed with an addition of 4,714 MW of solar capacity ...
Ocean Warming - Climate Central
Aug 16, 2022 · Summer sea surface temperatures have warmed from 1982-2021 in nearly all major U.S. ocean regions, with exceptional rates of warming in Alaska and the Northeast. We explore ocean warming trends ...