This story was produced through a collaboration between NJ Spotlight News and Climate Central. Julia Elman (Climate Central) contributed data reporting.

Baseball season is heating up as the climate warms. Warming trends bring more risky heat for players and fans — and lead to more home runs.

An analysis of how climate change boosted United States temperatures in June 2025 Using Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index (CSI) tool to measure the impact of climate change on daily ...

The Western United States braces for another round of extreme heat from June 29 to July 1, with impacts to several major cities and more than 20 million people. Analysis from Climate Central shows ...