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Climate Central researches and reports on the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise and coastal flooding, extreme weather and weather attribution, global warming and local ...
Sea Level Rise - Climate Central
Climate Central’s Program on Sea Level Rise strives to provide accurate, clear and granular information about sea level rise and coastal flood hazards both locally and globally, today and tomorrow.
The Greenhouse Effect - Climate Central
Apr 15, 2014 · When we add extra greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, though, we increase the atmosphere’s heat-trapping capacity. Less heat escapes to space, more returns to Earth, and the planet warms. There ...
Severe Storm Super Hazards - Climate Central
Mar 26, 2024 · The most costly of severe-storm related hazards is large hail. Weather-sensitive economic sectors such as agriculture and aviation can be significantly impacted by hail. Hailstorms can also cause ...
A Decade of Growth in Solar and Wind Power: Trends Across the U.S.
Apr 2, 2024 · Texas added 1,309 MW of capacity (3% annual increase) and generated 5,049 GWh more than the previous year (4% annual increase). Arizona and New York standout for their relative growth in wind ...
New Presentation: Our Changing Climate - Climate Central
Nov 25, 2020 · Download Full Presentation (PPT, 148MB) Updated: April 2021. Climate Central is presenting a new outreach and education resource for meteorologists, journalists, and others—a climate change ...
What is Net Zero? - Climate Central
Dec 2, 2020 · The term “net zero” means that any greenhouse gas emissions released are balanced by an equal amount being taken out of the atmosphere. The Paris Climate Agreement created goals to limit the ...
Surging Weather-related Power Outages - Climate Central
Sep 13, 2022 · Between 2000 and 2021, about 83% of reported major outages in the U.S. were attributed to weather-related events. The average annual number of weather-related power outages increased by roughly 78 ...
IPCC 6th Assessment Report - The Physical Science Basis
Aug 9, 2021 · The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first of three installments of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The first installment, called Working Group I (WG1), discusses ...
A Decade of U.S. Solar Growth | Climate Central
Apr 3, 2024 · Climate Central’s new report, A Decade of Growth in Solar and Wind Power, analyzed U.S. solar and wind energy data from 2014 to 2023 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The U.S ...