States At Risk
Explore preparedness actions each state is taking in relation to their current and future changes in climate threats.
Here’s How Climate Change Hurts Coffee
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As climate change drives heat waves, droughts, and pest outbreaks across the globe, our favorite brews are at risk
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Hottest Years for U.S. Cities
This decade is hottest on record
We calculated the average annual temperatures at 244 individual U.S. cities throughout their periods of record, and highlighted the decade in which each record hot year was established. Here's what we found
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What is the Fastest Warming Season?
Map shows U.S. Trends
Climate change is causing temperatures to rise throughout the year, but some seasons are warming faster than others
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Loss of Coffee-Producing Land by 2050
Without action, about half the world’s coffee-producing land will be unsuitable by 2050.
Hottest Years for U.S. Cities
For most places in the U.S., the hottest year on record has come during the current decade.
Fastest Warming Seasons
Here's why winter is the fastest-warming season in most of the country.
Rising Global Temperatures and CO2
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has a strong correlation with rising temperatures.
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New Tool Forecasts Local Power Generation
By enabling meteorologists to routinely inform their viewers about local generation of renewable electricity, the tool increases viewers’ awareness that low-carbon energy sources are…
Want to Build a Delaware Beach House? Expect Regular Floodwaters in 30 Years
Between 2010 and 2017 more than 700 homes in Delaware — worth roughly $500 million — were built on land that’s projected to be…
Rising Tides: How Near-Daily Flooding of America’s Shorelines Could Become the Norm
Minor floods, and the damage and disruption they cause, have grown far more common in the last few decades.
Breathing Fire: All This Smoke Means Smaller Newborns And More ER Visits
People with lung conditions are more likely to refill prescriptions and be hospitalized during smoke waves, and when pregnant mothers are exposed there’s a…
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