News and Features

2026 Arctic sea ice winter maximum tied for second smallest of satellite era

Michon Scott — 8 April 2026

Arctic sea ice extent at the 2026 winter maximum in March tied for second smallest of the satellite era. It was the second year in a row of record-low winter ice cover.

Climate.us receives funding!

12 March 2026

Climate.us has been awarded a one-time grant from an anonymous donor that will fund our core team for the next 12 months while we build the first full version of the site and continue to pursue philanthropic support. Read more about this exciting news!

Despite big storms, U.S. winters are still warming

Rebecca Lindsey — 31 January 2026

Winter storms continue even as U.S. winter "warming hole" disappears. New research suggests waviness in midlatitude jet stream not linked to recent Arctic warming.

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28 January 2026

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Atmospheric rivers soak California in early January 2026

Rebecca Lindsey — 15 January 2026

Southern California is having an unusually wet start to its water year. Animations of satellite data capture parts of atmospheric rivers making landfall in early January 2026.

We now have an RSS feed

17 December 2025

Our RSS feed lets you subscribe to our content and receive updates automatically in the RSS reader or service of your choice. RSS allows you to receive new content without email or social media.

How La Niña influences U.S. snowfall

Rebecca Lindsey — 4 December 2025

The tropical Pacific climate appears to be leaning toward La Niña this winter. How have past La Niñas affected snow across Canada and the United States?

We made the TIME100 Climate 2025 list!

5 November 2025

We are thrilled to share that Rebecca Lindsey, our project director, made the 2025 TIME100 Climate list! This list recognizes the 100 most innovative leaders around the globe driving climate action in 2025. See the full TIME100 Climate 2025 list here.

Social media kit now available

22 October 2025

We're a small team taking on powerful forces that want to keep you from knowing the facts about our changing climate. One thing we have that they don't is YOU. We’ve created a simple Social Media Kit with draft posts, images, and hashtags. Use it to make your own post and tell your friends why you care about climate facts and why you support Climate.us.

$10,000 matching gift

25 September 2025

We’ve completed a generous donor’s match challenge and unlocked an additional $10K, bringing our total to around $125,000. Thank you to everyone who contributed!