This story was produced through a collaboration between NJ Spotlight News and Climate Central. John Upton (Climate Central) contributed reporting. Oct. 27, 2024: At the scene of a 192-acre ...

On October 29, Spain’s Valencia region experienced devastating flooding due to torrential rains, leaving at least 95 dead and causing extensive damage to infrastructure and property. Rain totals ...

Using Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index (CSI) tool to measure the impact of climate change on daily temperatures across the United States, as well as NOAA’s Applied Climate Information ...

Earth’s atmosphere contains a mix of gases that sustain life by absorbing some solar radiation, allowing living organisms to breathe, and transporting water. One class of gases, known as ...

This story was produced through a collaboration between North Carolina Health News and Climate Central. Climate Central scientist Jennifer Brady contributed data reporting. Pat Murray sits for a ...

The flow of water in Montana's rivers is lifeblood for its economy, both through tourism and agriculture. Montana's trout and the $300 million recreational fishing industry depend on cool waters ...

The Climate Shift Index: Ocean (Ocean CSI) is a system that computes the climate change fingerprint on daily ocean temperatures. More specifically, it indicates how human-caused climate change ...

October minimum temperatures from 1970 to 2023 were obtained from the Applied Climate Information System (ACIS). Local Halloween climate extremes were also retrieved from ACIS, but included each ...

On Children’s Environmental Health Day, Climate Central and partners came together to discuss the impacts of climate change on children’s health and education — and what’s being done to ...

The fall season has warmed by 2.4°F on average across the contiguous U.S. since 1970. A warmer fall season means that risky heat, high cooling demand, wildfires, and allergies linger later into ...

With climate warming, the first freeze is arriving later in the year across much of the U.S. A later freeze means a longer growing season for pests and pollen-producing plants.