Stories by Climate Central

In just two days, more than 300,000 people join a Facebook planning group

Agency says “high-definition from the heavens” could dramatically improve weather forecasts

The new Republican-controlled federal government could use “preemption” to restrict state and local environmental protections

"Near-term politics aside" President expresses confidence that shift toward low-carbon fuels will continue

A chunk of ice bigger than New York's Long Island is hanging on by a relative thread

Though the outlook does not factor in any policies from the incoming fossil fuel-friendly Trump administration

Energy executive Rex Tillerson would have major influence over U.S. participation in international climate pacts  

In the famous “Oops!” moment that helped scuttle his presidential run, Perry forgot the name of Energy Department 

If approved by the Senate, Cathy McMorris Rogers would oversee energy resource development on public lands

Offshore wind is one of the nation’s largest untapped energy sources

More frequent, intense storms will put significant strain on infrastructure and agriculture

There's been more than a 1,000 percent increase in the nation's oil exports since 2009

Lone tornadoes strike on fewer days, but outbreaks of multiple storms are occurring more often 

Scores of homes are gone and up to 2,000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters

Departments like the EPA and NASA could see a dramatic shift in their funding and priorities

Instead of expanding during this cold, dark time of year, sea ice is shrinking

Undergraduates and new professors weigh in on starting their careers at an odd time

Researchers have successfully turned carbon dioxide into solid rock by injecting it into ancient lava flows

The climate event brings warm, drier weather to the southern U.S., but thankfully its effects will likely be short-lived this year

Eight worrisome climate patterns are well underway, regardless of politics

Disregard and plain denial of science threatens the planet, the economy and research itself

Sewage and wastewater treatment plants are an overlooked source of fossil fuel-related CO₂ emissions, study says  

Floridians will decide on a contentious solar energy measure, and Washington may pass the country’s first carbon tax

A dry year can cause leaves to brighten early or late—or just turn brown