Sea Level Rise - Climate Central
WEBBy 2050 sea level rise will push average annual coastal floods higher than land now home to 300 million people. Climate Central’s Program on Sea Level Rise strives to provide accurate, clear and ...
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WEBClimate 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
WEBNov 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 ...
Climate change and the escalation of global extreme heat
WEBMay 28, 2024 · This report assesses the influence of human-caused climate change on dangerous heat waves over the past 12 months (May 15, 2023 to May 15, 2024) using the Climate Shift Index. The period of ...
The Greenhouse Effect - Climate Central
WEBApr 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 ...
2021 in Review: Global Temperature Rankings | Climate Central
WEBJan 13, 2022 · The top 10 hottest years on record have all occurred in the last 12 years. Averaging NASA and NOAA data, Climate Central’s analysis shows that 2021 was 1.98°F (1.1°C) warmer than the 1881-1910 ...
What is Net Zero? - Climate Central
WEBDec 2, 2020 · The term “net zero” means that any greenhouse gas emissions released are balanced by an equal amount being taken out of the atmosphere. The Paris Climate Agreement created goals to limit the ...
Urban Heat Hot Spots - Climate Central
WEBJul 26, 2023 · Climate Central analyzed the urban heat island (UHI) index in 18,945 census tracts comprising 44 large U.S. cities in order to understand where urban heat is most intense within each city. The ...
Ocean Warming - Climate Central
WEBAug 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 ...
Surging Weather-related Power Outages - Climate Central
WEBSep 13, 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 ...