Solar’s growing role in the electricity mix The U.S. added more than 121 GW of utility- and small-scale solar capacity in total during the last decade — meaning there was nearly eight times ...

KEY CONCEPTS Climate Central analyzed how and where urban heat islands boost temperatures within 65 major U.S. cities that are home to 50 million people, or 15% of the total U.S. population. The ...

SOLAR National Solar Power in 2023 By the end of 2023, the U.S. had an estimated total capacity of 139 gigawatts from utility- and small-scale solar installations — an increase of more than 26 ...

Over the last five decades, the Great Lakes have trended toward less ice, for less time — consistent with global trends in lake ice decline as the planet warms.

KEY CONCEPTS Climate Central analyzed 55 years of temperature data and found that meteorological spring (March - May) has warmed across the U.S. from 1970 to 2024. The spring season has warmed in ...

Fall warming extends the growing season for ragweed and other fall allergy offenders that affect millions in the U.S. who are allergic to pollen and mold.

Coastal Risk Finder, Climate Central’s new interactive map resource, shows who’s at risk from worsening coastal floods driven by rising seas in the U.S. — and what’s being done to adapt.

Power outages are increasingly common, and weather was the cause of about 83% of major outages from 2000-2021. New analysis breaks down U.S. trends by region and weather event type.

The Climate Shift Index (CSI), Climate Central’s daily temperature attribution system, applies the latest peer-reviewed methodology to map the influence of climate change on temperatures across ...

THIS IS NOT THE MOST RECENT VERSION AVAILABLE. New analysis kicks off the season showing that summers are heating up in 230 U.S. cities — by 2.5°F on average since 1970.

KEY CONCEPTS Of all major U.S. power outages reported from 2000 to 2023, 80% (1,755) were due to weather. Most weather-related outages were caused by severe weather (58%), winter storms (23%), and ...

A look at global extreme heat over the past 12 months, how climate change has influenced this heat, and strategies to prevent increasingly frequent and intense heat from claiming lives worldwide.