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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 ...
A Decade of Growth in Solar and Wind Power: Trends Across the U.S.
Apr 3, 2024 · Box 2. Solar Power in the National Electricity Mix. Utility-scale solar accounts for around 8% of the nation’s capacity from all utility-scale electricity sources (including renewables, nuclear ...
Climate change increased wind speeds for every 2024 Atlantic …
Nov 20, 2024 · Climate change increased maximum wind speeds for every Atlantic hurricane in 2024, according to a Climate Central analysis based on new, peer-reviewed research.
Climate change and the escalation of global extreme heat
May 28, 2024 · A look at global extreme heat over the past 12 months, how climate change has influenced this heat, and strategies to prevent increasingly frequent and intense heat from claiming lives worldwide.
Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities - Climate Central
Jul 9, 2024 · 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.
El Niño and La Niña: Local and global effects | Climate Central
Feb 8, 2023 · 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.
FloodVision - Climate Central
Climate Shift Index. 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 ...
Study: Ocean warming has intensified recent hurricanes
Nov 20, 2024 · Climate Central’s recently published study shows climate change increased the intensity for most Atlantic hurricanes between 2019 and 2023 –- and for every storm so far in 2024.
A Decade of U.S. Solar Growth - Climate Central
Apr 3, 2024 · 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 ...
Rising Seas Stretch Risk Zones - Climate Central
Apr 4, 2024 · As seas rise, land once safely above the tideline is slipping below annual flood risk levels, exposing residents to escalating threats. New elevation data, maps, and analysis document how, by the ...