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Climate Change Impacts in Nevada

This fact sheet provides a summary of Climate Change in Nevada, a report written as part of Nevada’s State Climate Initiative. The full report is…
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Nevada’s climate information hub

A public service department within the Department of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno, the Nevada State Climate Office (NSCO) provides timely, accurate and…
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Reporting extreme weather and climate change – A guide for journalists

Extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, heavy rainfall, storms and droughts, are becoming more frequent and stronger in many parts of the world as a…
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Climate Shift Index

The Climate Shift Index® indicates how climate change has altered the frequency of daily temperatures in any location around the world, every day. It’s grounded…
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Extreme Weather – Reporter’s Guide

This guide summarizes how climate change affects various types of extreme weather and explains attribution science — the science that calculates how strong of an…
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Climate Change Impacts on Wisconsin Recreational Regions

Outdoor recreation in Wisconsin is an important economic driver and provides a multitude of economic and health benefits. An estimated 95% of Wisconsinites in 2018…
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Communicating the links between climate change and heat waves

We conducted a message experiment with 3,902 Americans, focused on the July 2023 heat wave that occurred in much of the United States. We used…
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Nevada State Summary

NOAA's summary of key observations and top line messages about Nevada's climate
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Unnatural disasters: The connection between extreme weather and fossil fuels

Rising global temperatures impact the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events outside the boundaries of natural variability. While not the sole cause of the…
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Living With Drought

The Living with Drought website provides a one-stop-shop for homeowners, gardeners, farmers, ranchers, natural resource managers and others to find information they need, including current drought status…
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