Climate change, resilience, and adaptation simple explanations.
Climate is the long-term average of temperature, precipitation, and other weather variables at a given location.
"Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get." — Robert A. Heinlein, American author
Designed for learners in grades 3-8, this activity book helps young people learn about community resilience and discover ways that they can make a difference.
Resilience is the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events.
A walk through basic principles toward the understanding and exploration of climate data.
An up-to-date archive of freely available climate maps, ready to use in websites, presentations, or broadcasts. Click on the thumbnails below to access image galleries.
Understand Earth’s climate, impacts of climate change, and approaches to adaptation or mitigation.
Discover key climate terms, mechanisms, and essentials about hazards impacting your community and industry.
Climate.gov Resources
- Climate and ... offsite link - The connection between climate and everyday things
- Climate Case Studies - People taking action to promote climate resilience
- Climate Q&A - Myths, misconceptions, and questions about climate
- Understanding Climate - Explainers, factsheets, reports, and other resources
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Beyond the Data Blog - A blog by the nation’s official climate record keepers.
