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🌡️Want to track breaking temperature records? @climatecentral.org has a tool for that! Visualize local temperature records for 247 U.S. cities, updated daily, at the link below.
app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/loca...
Map of US with circles over locations that are colored in shades of purple. Darker purple are more broken records. Bottom is a list showing locations with most broken records in 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling.

➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
Screenshot of at least 20 slides on Climate Change: Key facts from Climate Central.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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FRIDAY (11/7): Several cities across Central & South Texas experienced near or all-time record heat for the date.

🔴 Climate Shift Index shows this unusual November warmth was 3–5x more likely due to human-caused climate change.

Explore the data ▶️ csi.climatecentral.org
Graphic showing record-breaking November heat across Central and South Texas on November 7, 2025. Left: A map highlights the region with deep red shading, indicating a strong climate influence on temperatures.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Who from Climate Central is on Bluesky? We have a starter pack for that! ⬇️
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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🌀 As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season winds down, join CCNow and @climatecentral.org for a special press briefing highlighting how climate change pushed this season’s storms into record-breaking territory... 🧵
Talking Shop: How Climate Change Fueled the Historic 2025 Hurricane Season — Covering Climate Now
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season winds down, join Covering Climate Now and Climate Central for a special press briefing highlighting how climate change pushed this season’s storms into record-bre...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is ending without a U.S. landfall.

Still, climate change still had an impact.

Join Climate Central & @coveringclimatenow.org to discuss:
• 2025’s record storm behavior
• The “fingerprint” on ocean heat
• What 2025 can tell us about the future
Promotional graphic for a Climate Central and Covering Climate Now “Talking Shop” event titled “How Climate Change Fueled the Historic 2025 Hurricane Season.” The event is on November 12 at 12 p.m. ET.
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Need some reading while delayed in an airport today?

Climate change is adding more bumps to the friendly skies

New research in Weather & Climate Dynamics via @egu.eu: storms are becoming more intense, frequent, & shifting tracks, bringing stronger winds/turbulence, especially during 🛬 &🛫
Illustration showing how climate change impacts air travel. A storm cloud and lightning depict severe storms disrupting flights; arrows show stronger wind shear increasing turbulence; an airplane in the center represents shifting wind patterns altering routes; rising seas threaten coastal airports; and hotter air affects takeoff near the runway.
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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🥵🔥🌡 How has climate change shaped your lifetime of heat?
We have have a new interactive tool that helps you find out.
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Homepage for generational heat tool that asks where you were born and what year to help answer how climate change has shaped your lifetime of heat. Infographic with two people side by side with a clock in the middle. Text notes younger people today are experiencing more extremely hot days during their childhood compared to previous generations. Infographic with thermometers and arrow going up with text that says younger generations will likely face accelerating change and intensifying risks-particularly from heat.
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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It sometimes may not feel like it but research shows that most people in the U.S (65%) are concerned about climate change and support climate action. The rub? Americans vastly underestimate that number. The solution? Talking about climate change more!
Learn more:
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A line up of green filled human icons with three with just green outlines have a thought bubble above them where there are less filled in human icons and more outlined. This graphic is to show that most Americans are concerned about climate change, but they think less folks are.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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What is Phoenix’s fall climate story? A combo of increasing fall temperatures, lingering summer heat, higher cooling demand for schools and increasing fire weather days. Use Climate Central’s new feature to tell your climate story.
#WhatsYourClimateStory
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4 numbers in boxes describing trends in heat, extreme heat, drought and wildfires in Phoenix during fall. List of ways climate change is affecting Phoenix in fall.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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As we continue to burn fossil fuels, pumping #CO2 into the atmosphere, the planet continues to warm, causing myriad changes in weather patterns and the overall #climate. So what was #ClimateChange’s role with #HurricaneMelissa? @climatecentral.org www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...
Similar storms are slightly windier, wetter than past events: Study - The Weather Network
Storms similar to Melissa are about 10 per cent wetter, 10 per cent windier than in the past: Analysis
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November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Ahead of this month's COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming "will not lead to humanity’s demise."

Is he right?
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🎽This Sunday, Nov 2, 1000s of people will run the NYC Marathon! And the right temperature at race time could mean the difference between hitting that PB or not. Unfortunately, as temperatures rise, optimal conditions in NYC will become less likely. 1/2
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Elite women box is white with other small boxes in blue. Bar graph shows chance of optimal raceday temperatures at NYC Marathon in 2025, 2035 and 2045. Elite men box is white with other small boxes in blue. Bar graph shows chance of optimal raceday temperatures at NYC Marathon in 2025, 2035 and 2045. Recreational women box is white with other small boxes in blue. Bar graph shows chance of optimal raceday temperatures at NYC Marathon in 2025, 2035 and 2045. Recreational men box is white with other small boxes in blue. Bar graph shows chance of optimal raceday temperatures at NYC Marathon in 2025, 2035 and 2045.
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Do we need a Category 6 hurricane - or even a complete redo of the Saffir-Simpson scale?

I spoke with @michaelemann.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @climatecentral.org @danielgilford.bsky.social to learn more.

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Category 6 is the new hurricane normal, say scientists
Human-caused climate change is making major hurricanes like Melissa much stronger, faster and ultimately more life-threatening
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🌎🌡️👻🎃 Don't miss this special Halloween live tomorrow with @climateconnections.bsky.social and get answers to all your spookiest climate questions. www.youtube.com/live/955bZN0...
Answering your scariest climate questions, live!
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October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃Running out of Cool Days...

Researchers have found there is a “sweet spot” for marathon temperatures where runners perform their best. But as the planet warms, those optimal race-day conditions are becoming less likely. ⤵️

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Declining Odds of Cooler, Faster U.S. Marathons
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October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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#Melissa became a record storm by devouring ocean heat made unusually warm by heat-trapping pollution.

• Monday: Above-average Caribbean waters were 600x more likely this hot from human-caused warming.
• By Tuesday: It mixed up deeper, cooler water, closer to what is typical in late-October.
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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We know there's an ideal temp for running marathons, however... as the planet warms due to #climatechange, those optimal race-day conditions will become less likely.

Explore how specific races are impacted with @climatecentral.org's new interactive tool.

👉 app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/mara...
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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👟🎽New! When it comes to running marathons, there is a “sweet spot” for temperatures that support runners in achieving their best performance. Warming temperatures because of climate change are making those optimal race-day conditions increasingly rare. 1/2
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Striped lines across bottom turn into silhouetted runners. Text in upper left.
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Since becoming a Cat 5, #Melissa has continued strengthening up to 185mph as it slowly drifted toward landfall in Southwest Jamaica.

The storm has been drawing on late-October Caribbean waters up to 2.2°F (1.2°C) above average—warmth made up to 900x more likely by human-caused climate change.
Map showing Hurricane Melissa’s track near Jamaica on October 27, 2025. Climate Shift Index data indicate ocean temperatures of 30.4°C (1.5°C above normal), made at least 900 times more likely by human-caused climate change. Multiple Category 4 and 5 icons mark Melissa’s rapid intensification path across the Caribbean. Source: Climate Central, based on NOAA OISST data.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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To understand the climate connection to Hurricane Melissa, check out our real-time attribution page at @climatecentral.org: www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...

"Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely."
Screenshot that says "Melissa has passed over waters made 1.4°C warmer, on average, by climate change." and "Climate change made the ocean temperatures along Melissa's path 500 to 900 times more likely." along with a map of Hurricane Melissa's path.
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Hurricane #Melissa explosively intensified into a Category 5 storm over exceptionally warm Caribbean waters.

Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️

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Hurricane #Melissa and Climate Change
YouTube video by climatecentral
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October 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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As of the 2pm ET update, #Melissa is a Cat. 5 hurricane with 175mph winds.

The National Hurricane Center warns "life-threatening flash flooding...catastrophic winds..damaging storm surge" as Jamaica prepares.

🧵Here's how excessive Caribbean warmth has boosted the impacts of this storm:
NOAA graphic titled “Key Messages for Hurricane Melissa – Advisory 25, 11:00 AM EDT, October 27, 2025.” Lists warnings for Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas about catastrophic flooding, landslides, storm surge, and damaging winds. Includes forecast cone and rainfall map showing heaviest rainfall over Jamaica.
October 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM