Climate Science

Climate Central is a leading authority on climate science. Our science team cuts through the hype with clear-eyed analysis of climate change, delivering just the facts and findings. We dig deep into the the data to produce reports on climate trends and impacts, from state level temperature trends, to wildfires, heat waves, drought, precipitation and more. Our reports make climate change interesting and meaningful to people where they live, and provide policy-makers with objective, relevant facts on the issue.

Selected Reports

Surging Seas: Floods Threaten Coastal U.S. This report, complete with an interactive map tool, is the first major national analysis of sea level rise in 20 years.	The Heat is On: U.S. Temperature Trends This report uses a state-by-state interactive map to illustrate where the U.S. has warmed the most, and the least, over the past 100 years	A Roadmap to Climate-friendly Cars America's high-carbon energy grid is short- circuiting efforts to give consumers climate-friendly, electric-vehicle options.
Hurricane Sandy’s Untold Filthy Legacy: Sewage New report illustrating how sea level rise & storm surge threatens infrastructure and the environment.	Short-Lived Climate Pollutants and Sea Level Rise How the rate & amount of sea level rise would be greatly reduced by immediate mitigation of short-lived pollutants.	U.S. Shows Rapid Rise of Temps Since First Earth Day A state-by-state analysis of temperature trends since the first Earth Day in 1970.
Warming Winters: U.S. Temperature Trends While the U.S. has seen an annual average warming trend, warming varies seasonally, and it’s winter that has seen the fastest warming.	Can U.S. Carbon Emissions Keep Falling? An analysis illustrating how the current downward trend in U.S. carbon emissions is unlikely to continue in the years ahead.	The Age of Western Wildfires A scientific review of the observed link between climate change and wildfires in the western U.S.

Selected Interactives

2012 Was Warmest and 2nd-Most Extreme Year on Record	2012 Record Temperatures: Which States Led the Nation	You Want Records? Search! Interactive Temp Tracker
Interactive Wildfire Map Shows Outbreaks in Real-Time	Twisters Past and Present: Interactive Tornado Tracker	State-by-State Look at How Early Spring Has Arrived

Our Climate Science Team

	Ben Strauss, Ph.D. COO of Climate Central & Director of the Program on Sea Level Rise		Remik Ziemlinski Graphic Programmer & KML Programmer
	Heidi Cullen, Ph.D. Chief Climatologist		Dennis Adams-Smith Data Analyst & Multimedia Specialist
	Claudia Tebaldi, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Climate Statistics		Alyson Kenward, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Research Manager
	Eric Larson, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Energy Systems

Climate Central in the Media

Selected Examples:

Ben Strauss Talks Hurricane Sandy, Rising Seas with Anderson Cooper	Heidi Cullen Tackles Extremes on MSNBC	Mike Lemonick on "Wake Up With Al" talks Global Weirdness
Ben Strauss' Senate Testimony on Sea Level Rise, April 19, 2012	NY Times Op-Ed By Ben Strauss November 25, 2012	Coverage of our report, Surging Seas, Inundates the Nation