Climate.us

Keeping trusted climate information up to date and easy to find. Climate hazards—both natural and human-caused—are a significant threat to public health and safety, to communities and infrastructure, to the economy, and to forests and other natural resources. Americans who don’t understand climate can’t participate effectively in government decisions about climate policy. They can’t have meaningful conversations with friends, family, and neighbors to find pathways to consensus or compromise. They can’t take steps to protect the things that matter to them from climate-related hazards because they aren’t even aware of what’s at risk. Americans need to understand climate because the very best solutions to our country’s climate-related challenges will emerge from the collective action and creativity of a climate-literate public. Over the past 20 years, the public has come to depend on science websites of federal agencies for non-paywalled, nonpartisan information to help them understand climate risks and opportunities. At the start of 2025, if you googled “climate” in the U.S., NOAA's Climate.gov was the top organic result. With a reach of 15+ million visits a year and more than half a million followers on social media, Climate.gov was arguably the federal government’s most accessible, most comprehensive source of climate science information for the public. Climate.us is the nonprofit successor to Climate.gov, delivering climate data and information to promote public climate literacy and to equip people to turn knowledge into meaningful conversations and climate-conscious actions. At a moment when critical climate information was being deleted or distorted, we stepped up to rescue key climate resources—including the U.S. Global Change Research Program's now-deleted Fifth National Climate Assessment—and to ensure the public has continued easy access to the facts. Our goal is to build an enduring, independent, and scientifically rigorous platform that the world can rely on for climate communication, education, and engagement. Source