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Thus, these are the areas where capacity building, resources, and climate adaptation measures are needed most urgently. For more information, please see: Stewart, I. T., Maurer, E. P., Stahl, K., & ...
July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month ever. New Climate Central analysis finds that human-caused climate change made July’s extreme heat in the U.S. and across the globe far more likely.
Anchorage, Alaska, is among the cities that have experienced the largest increase in average annual coldest temperatures, according to the Climate Central report, jumping from −29.8°C (−21.6 ...
The Climate Shift Index (CSI), Climate Central’s daily temperature attribution system, applies the latest peer-reviewed methodology to map the influence of climate change on temperatures across ...
Central America, home to at least 17,000 plant, 1,120 bird and 580 amphibian species, many of them endemic, is highly vulnerable to climate change and its costs. Image by Rhett Butler.
Researchers say extreme heat, growing populations or limited resources put some regions at the most risk, including Afghanistan and Central America.
Starbucks announced that it has added two Central American "innovation farms" to its coffee bean sourcing network. The farms, in Guatemala and Costa Rica, are part of Starbucks' plans to protect ...
These deforestation efforts led by drug traders could have devastating effects on Central America, and for our climate as a whole. Forests in Central America account for nearly seven to 10 percent ...
The Mesoamerica Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program, implemented by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aims to reverse ...
In Central America, climate change is adding to the pressures that have pushed millions of people to migrate to the U.S. But some farmers in Honduras are successfully finding ways to adapt.
Washington D.C. is set to become as warm as northern Louisiana in 2080, scientists report, as summers could be 11.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in five decades.