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WEBClimate 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
WEBClimate 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
WEBApr 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 ...
Climate change and the escalation of global extreme heat
WEBMay 28, 2024 · This report assesses the influence of human-caused climate change on dangerous heat waves over the past 12 months (May 15, 2023 to May 15, 2024) using the Climate Shift Index. The period of ...
Severe Storm Super Hazards - Climate Central
WEBMar 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 ...
Resources - Climate Central
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IPCC 6th Assessment Report - The Physical Science Basis
WEBAug 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 ...
New Presentation: Our Changing Climate - Climate Central
WEBNov 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 ...
A Decade of Growth in Solar and Wind Power: Trends Across the U.S.
WEBApr 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 ...
These Are The Amazon Trees That Keep The Planet Cool
WEBApr 28, 2015 · Brazil nut trees store more than 1 percent of the woody carbon in the Amazon rainforest. Credit: CIFOR/Flickr. Despite ongoing logging and recent drought, the Amazon is home to perhaps a sixth of ...