Impacts US

A nonpartisan communications project that empowers journalists and content creators to help people connect the dots between the climate crisis and their lives.

[Moms Clean Air Force @CleanAirMoms]

Justice in Every Breath: Indoor Air in Wisconsin Schools https://t.co/OhybQiuvrD

[Impacts US @impactsus]

Globally, heat killed an estimated half a million people each year between 2000 and 2020 according to the WHO, with deaths among older people rising by about 85% during that period. But it is also cutting short the lives of healthy young people -- https://t.co/J3zUfCNUes

[Lucy Rohden @lucy_rohden]

It’s gonna be HOT at red river! According to @ClimateCentral it’s going to be 10 degrees warmer than normal in Dallas.

Visit https://t.co/Sek8CvZX1Q to learn more. @impactsus

[Lucy Rohden @lucy_rohden]

According to @ClimateCentral it’s going to be 18 degrees warmer than normal in Ann Arbor this weekend! That’s hot (in a bad way!)

Visit https://t.co/Sek8CvZX1Q to learn more. @impactsus

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 30, 2025 ~ These are the coolest days.

"Extreme heat is not a distant risk – it is here now, threatening our people, our economies and our future."

https://t.co/XietMdvkiG

[Impacts US @impactsus]

Sixty-seven high school student-athletes in the United States died from EHS between 1982 and 2022, the majority of them football players. Heat policies aren’t controversial for athletic trainers, but few states mandate comprehensive guidelines for schools. https://t.co/SBlZA2E6oH

[Michael Snyder @SeattleWXGuy]

We've seen this act before, someone is going to get walloped with the remnants of Mario moving over California. HIghly variable precipitation amounts that could cause serious flooding for some areas. Also, another tropical system remnant moisture could move over California next week as well. Glad to see the NWS finally starting to get flood watches out. #cawx

[UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) @UCLAlatino]

DYK: Latino neighborhoods in California face significantly higher exposure to extreme heat and have less access to protective infrastructure like tree canopy. Read more in our latest analysis: https://t.co/n7I5WG0Gpq

[Lucy Rohden @lucy_rohden]

For the Grove this weekend the forecast is 8 degrees hotter than normal and the heat made 3x more likely by climate change, according to Climate Central: https://t.co/tJWSm498zB and https://t.co/XtPUvM72Qs. You can visit https://t.co/yhTWyK39Yo to learn more!

[Lucy Rohden @lucy_rohden]

Callin’ Baton Rouge for the hot hot hot game of the week! Hotter-than-normal temperatures at Tiger Stadium were made 5x more likely because of climate change according to Climate Central. Visit: https://t.co/MX75JZhajQ and https://t.co/IcGRoyet4a

[Impacts US @impactsus]

Heat is the deadliest weather phenomenon in the US and globally, killing almost half a million people worldwide each year... The death toll is rising as human-caused climate crisis drives more frequent, more brutal and longer heatwaves.
https://t.co/B0R2L0SuHD

[Climate Central @ClimateCentral]

20 years ago this week, Hurricane #Katrina became one of the worst disasters in U.S. history.

Now, new ocean and hurricane attribution science helps us understand how human-caused climate change left its fingerprints on the storm 🧵

[Climate Central @ClimateCentral]

🔴 ~Half the Western U.S. -- 38M Americans -- will feel at least 1 day of extreme heat this week, made almost impossible w/o human-caused climate change.

Forecast highs: mid-90s-115°F+ from Rockies to the West Coast.

Even in August, this level of heat is at least 5x more likely

[New Scientist @newscientist]

A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in the western US. https://t.co/zte9N9J47x

[Jonathan Overpeck @GreatLakesPeck]

More on the growing SW US water crisis. Steady warming and megadrought have been reducing Colorado River flows and reservoir levels for 26 years. It’ll get worse and worse until climate change is halted.

https://t.co/lyu19jOz2M

[Meteored US @MeteoredUS]

#WeatherToday🌡️⛈️

⛈️ Heavy rain & flash flood threat in the Upper Midwest thru Monday.
🌩️ Scattered storms & flooding risk NE, Carolinas, FL, Gulf & Southwest.
🔥 Hazardous heat builds in the Plains, Midwest & Mississippi Valley.

Stay aware! 🌐📲 https://t.co/J6kOoUiDZ8

[Reuters @Reuters]

Climate change is the main driver of heatwaves and the evidence for that is overwhelming. Experts weigh in on why climate change is making heatwaves more intense and frequent

[Isaac Rowlett @IsaacRowlett]

Show this to the next person who tells you that Wisconsin is a “climate haven.”

We’ve seen increased precipitation rates for decades, and this flooding is just a sign of what’s to come.

Now’s the time to prepare for the wetter, warmer, & more unpredictable weather.

[Impacts US @impactsus]

Scientists can most reliably tie heat waves to climate change caused by fossil fuel pollution. As the world warms, the odds of extreme heat events increase, while the odds and severity of record cold extremes decrease. https://t.co/IsI0QVtPgt

[Climate Central @ClimateCentral]

Wildfires continue to burn across parts of the U.S. and Canada again, and air quality has dropped from "moderate" to "unhealthy" again for millions of Americans Thursday (lasting through the weekend).

Here’s a quick 🧵 on how climate change is part of the smoke story 🔽