The 2026 Winter Olympics kick off on February 6, followed by the Winter Paralympic Games on March 6. The Games will take place throughout Northern Italy, with most indoor events in Milan and most ...

According to the latest NOAA data, 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest year since records began in 1850. Global average temperatures in 2025 were 1.3°C (2.4°F) above pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels.

Using Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index (CSI) tool to measure the impact of climate change on daily temperatures across the United States, as well as NOAA’s Applied Climate Information System ...

Meteorological winter (December, January, February) is the fastest-warming season for most of the U.S. Locations across the Northeast and the Great Lakes region have seen some of the highest rates of ...

Climate Central created Climate Change: Key Facts, a free slide deck available in English and Spanish, using our library of Climate Matters content — all of which is reviewed by staff scientists in ...

Read the full report: Running Out of Cool Days: How climate change is decreasing the odds of optimal marathon conditions Researchers have found there is a “sweet spot” for marathon temperatures where ...

This joint report from Climate Central and World Weather Attribution conducts a global analysis of how extreme heat has changed since the signing of the 2015 Paris Agreement and how current pledges to ...

This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Western Regional Climate ...

This summer’s heat is likely to linger through fall with above-normal temperatures expected across the U.S. from September through November. This year is not an exception. It’s part of a longer ...

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This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See Methodology for details. More frequent and intense extreme heat — the ...

The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the built environment further amplifies both average temperatures and extreme heat in cities. According to the U.S. Environmental ...