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Improved elevation data indicate far greater global threats from sea level rise and coastal flooding than previously understood.
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Climate Matters provides meteorologists with data & graphics on local weather events and their link to climate change.
Guided by data and science, our journalists collaborate with local newsrooms on compelling climate change coverage.
Although cold weather still exists in a warming climate, the winter season has warmed across most of the U.S. since 1970—which has negative consequences.
A recent study scored U.S. states on their overall vulnerability to drought, as being driven by three factors: exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity
Over the past five years, Americans have become much more concerned about climate change, and they want more reporting from us on local impacts and solutions.
Warming Atlantic ocean waters are adding fuel to tropical systems, giving a boost to stronger, more rapidly-intensifying hurricanes.
Climate change is increasing the risk of larger, more intense wildfires, as warmer and drier conditions allow fire to spread faster and farther, creating dangerous conditions for residents and emergency services.
The intensity of the historic 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has been fueled by warmer surface temperatures in the ocean, in part because of the heating effects of climate changing pollution. Meanwhile, hurricane preparedness, response, and recovery are being complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Improved elevation data indicate far greater global threats from sea level rise and coastal flooding than previously understood.
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Data-driven research and reporting that makes climate science local and advances understanding of climate change impacts.
This article, produced in partnership with WJCT, examines the increasing threat of extreme heat faced by Jacksonville residents
"This should be the last summer we have to stress about our lives being on the line over peaker plants."
With federal money running out, slow rebuilds, and a lack of affordable housing, many Panhandle residents are vulnerable to this year’s storms.
New elevation data show that by midcentury frequent coastal flooding will rise higher than areas currently home to hundreds of millions of people.
This article, produced in partnership with WNYC reporter Clarisa Diaz, examines the the cooling power of trees and parks in cities.
This joint article with Michael Sol Warren from NJ Advance Media and Charles Wohlforth from Climate Central examines how seniors and brown communities in…