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• Summer Days Are Getting Hotter

  Summer is the season with the most obvious climate change impact — extreme heat.

• Climate Change on the Golf Course

  Golf courses are adapting to climate change by researching, developing, and installing turfgrasses that are more tolerant of extremes.

• Global Conveyer Belt: Ocean Current Slowing

  The global ocean conveyor belt is slowing down, impacting climate, sea levels and marine life.

• Summer Minimum & Maximum Temperatures in the U.S.

  See the trends in minimum and maximum summer temperatures on this map.

• Climate Change and Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes

  Here’s how climate change may affect rapidly intensifying hurricanes.

• Heavy Rainfall Trends Across the U.S.

  The number of days with heavy precipitation is increasing in most locations in the U.S.

On The Media

• Strauss on Antarctic Ice Melt

  Our CEO Ben Strauss on air talking about a new study on Antarctic ice melt and what that may mean for coastal cities in the U.S.

• Sublette on Heavy Downpours in Ellicott City, Maryland

  Our Sean Sublette on air discussing the complexities of 1-in-1000 year storms.

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States At Risk

Explore preparedness actions each state is taking in relation to their current and future changes in climate threats.

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SOCCOM: Unlocking the mysteries of the Southern Ocean.

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Featured Content

• National Science Foundation’s climate-science education program criticized

  Climate Central responds to letter from four U.S. Senators who have long opposed the scientific consensus on climate change.

• Antarctic Ocean Discovery Warns of Faster Global Warming

  Scientists used state-of-the-art sensors to collect more data on the Southern Ocean than ever before, learning the ocean is absorbing less heat-trapping pollution than…

• Rising Seas Could Swell Arizona’s Population

  Arizona's low living costs and friendly culture make it an appealing state in which to settle, which could drive up its population as sea-level…

• Sea Level Stakes for the Caribbean, in Pictures

  These images show long-term sea level rise stakes for the Caribbean.

• Antarctic Modeling Pushes Up Sea-Level Rise Projections

  Antarctic ice sheet models double the sea-level rise expected this century if global emissions of heat-trapping pollution remain high.

• Breathing Fire

  As climate change fuels large wildfires, the pollution they're releasing is making Americans sick and undermining decades of progress in cleaning the air.

• Western Wildfires Undermining Progress on Air Pollution

  Smoke pollution is leading to serious public health impacts as large wildfires across the American West become more frequent and destructive.

• These U.S. Cities Are Most Vulnerable to Major Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise

  Here's how rising seas could grow FEMA floodplains.

• Disaster and Neglect in Louisiana

  A special report on the aftermath and science of the worst rainstorm in Louisiana's history.

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