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Climate Central bridges the scientific community and the public, providing clear information to help people make sound ...

Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and science translators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives. We use science and ...

Average temperatures and days above normal were calculated for each meteorological summer (June, July, August) from 1970 to 2024 using data obtained from the Applied Climate Information System ...

Levels of planet-warming CO2 in the atmosphere surged in 2024, growing at the fastest annual rate on record. As heat-trapping pollution continues to warm the planet, summer temperatures are ...

Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and science translators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives. We use science and ...

Read the full report: Climate change increasing pregnancy risks around the world due to extreme heat (2020-2024) Download the data: For 247 countries, territories, and dependencies and 940 cities ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Pregnancy Heat-Risk Days Added by Climate Change Extreme heat presents dangerous risks to global maternal health and birth outcomes. According to the U.S. Centers ...

Correction: A previous version of this Climate Shift Index Alert quoted the National Weather Service as saying “one of the most dramatic early-season temperature swings in state history ...

Wildfires are sparked either by natural events (generally lightning) or by human activities. But people started 87% of U.S. wildfires from 2001 to 2024, accounting for almost half of all acres ...