Topics Climate
N.J. Is Warming at An Alarming Rate and It’s Making Our Air Harder to Breathe
This warming trend, combined with pollution from cars, power plants and chemical plants, is expected to increase the number of days each year that New Jersey residents inhale unsafe levels of ozone pollution.
U.S. Warming By State
U.S. states are getting warmer with climate change — check out how your state stacks up.
How Your City, State, and Country Is Warming
Happy Earth Day! Take a look at how much warming has occurred since the first Earth Day in 1970.
AMERICAN WARMING: The Fastest-Warming Cities and States in the U.S.
Local temperature data from 1970 to 2018 shows warming trends across the country — and Americans are already feeling the effects.
Earlier Springs Heighten Allergy Misery in Tennessee
As global temperatures continue to rise, Knoxville is experiencing earlier springs, ushering in longer allergy seasons. Pollen intensity is increasing, inducing sickening impacts for asthmatics and those vulnerable to hay fever.
Western Drought Trends
This winter may have been wet, but western droughts are trending worse overall with climate change.
Western Snowpack Above Average This Year
Due to record winter precipitation, this year’s western snowpack is above average for just the third time in ten years — a happy exception to an overall downward trend.
‘Protectors of the Coast’ — What the Northward March of Mangroves Means for Fishing, Flooding and Carbon
Ranges of mangroves have naturally waxed and waned over the years, influenced by the weather, but with climate change has come a crucial reduction in crop- and tree-killing freeze events.
