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In 2023, much of the US Midwest was abnormally dry, according to official drought monitor figures. In this video farmers describe how they are feeling about the adverse effects of climate change.

Healthy ecosystems can reduce the negative impacts of climate change. For instance, coastal habitats like mangroves provide natural flood defenses, well-protected lakes retain water sources during droughts, and healthy forests reduce the risk of devastating wildfires.

Taking into account rising sea levels and severe weather events, a non-profit research group assessed the flood danger to infrastructure in the US over the next thirty years.

An unusually warm winter damaged Georgia's peach crop in 2023. As climate change continues, researchers are working to develop a peach that will be more resilient to warmer weather.

Nelson from Kipnuk, Alaska invites us to see how climate change is melting permafrost and causing coastal erosion in his hometown.

This video introduces the components necessary to describe climate adaptation and mitigation projects as nature-based.

This video focuses on climate mental health. In it, a woman experiencing challenges related to climate change tells her story, including what it means to navigate her feelings in the context of her community.

This video concisely describes the way in which the absorption of infrared energy by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere controls the temperature of the planet.

In this resource, students will explore their local schoolyard habitat, reflect on how climate change may be impacting their habitat, and work together to plan and implement an action that helps reduce local climate impacts and cultivate climate resiliency at their school. K-2 climate change education can provide foundational concepts that will support students' climate literacy in future years.

The unit gives a brief introduction to several natural hazards that impact communities in California; drought, flooding, earthquakes, landslides, and wildfire, and connects the hazards by introducing the concept of cascading hazards.