Many temperate fruit and nut trees need a period of winter chill in order to produce flowers and fruit each year. Without enough sustained chilling, the timing of bud break and pollination, and the ...

America’s capacity to generate carbon-free electricity grew during 2023 — part of a decade-long growth trend for renewable energy. Solar and wind account for more of our nation’s energy mix than ever ...

Around 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and this could jump to nearly 90% by 2050. As urban populations expand, so do concerns about climate risks in cities. Built environments can boost risks ...

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 temperatures across the ...

Download the data: National, state/province, and city data for 123 countries and 901 cities ...

Walking along the waterfront in Fort Lauderdale and admiring the 60-foot yachts docked alongside impressive homes, it’s hard to imagine that this city could suffer the same financial fate as Detroit.

During the past three months (June, July, and August 2025), the effects of human-induced climate change — mainly from burning coal, oil, and methane gas — were evident in most regions of the world, ...

The Front Lines of Climate Change:Global warming is, by definition, global, but the impacts of climate change will touch everyone on a local level. How each community responds will depend on its ...

Carbon pollution from burning coal, oil, and natural gas has never been higher, according to the latest Global Carbon Project study. This heat-trapping pollution is pushing the planet toward new ...

The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the built environment further amplifies both average temperatures and extreme heat in cities. According to the U.S. Environmental ...

Click the downloadable graphic: National Homes Powered by Solar in 2023 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that most of the nation’s new energy capacity will come from ...

The purpose of this analysis is to assess the extent to which human-caused climate change has increased the number of uncomfortably hot summer nights (December-February in the Southern Hemisphere, ...