Climate Central

U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.

Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It's not too late to make it right

Climate change is the biggest issue of our time. 2024 marked both the hottest year on record and the highest levels of carbon ...

Billion-dollar disaster data returns, but it's not being run by the government

However, Climate Central, a nonprofit research organization comprised of scientists and communicators, announced on Monday it ...
The Daily Northwestern

League of Women Voters’ ‘Combating Climate Change 101’ event mobilizes residents for climate action

Catharine Schutzius said she joined Third Act Illinois, a nonprofit for elderly peoples for climate change action, after overhearing her son question whether he should have kids given the ...

Trump ‘retired’ a database tracking the most expensive weather disasters. Now it’s back — and finding over $100B in losses

The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration ”retired” in May, has relaunched ...
WLTX19

Oceans made warmer by human-caused climate change are powering stronger Atlantic hurricanes

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1, and forecasters warn it could be an above average year. This season could potentially produce up to 19 named storms and 5 major ...

How climate change is changing the way athletes train ahead of the Winter Olympics

As Earth warms at a record rate, winters are shorter and milder and there is less snow globally, creating clear challenges ...