Year in Review Climate

Extreme weather in 2022 showed the global impact of climate change

This year’s extremes were a glimpse of the future, if climate change continues unabated

photo of cars backed up on a freeway with a sign above that reads, "EXTREME HEAT SAVE POWER 4-9PM STAY COOL"

A sign on the 110 freeway in Los Angeles warns drivers of extreme heat and urges energy conservation during a heat wave that baked the western United States in September.

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By Carolyn Gramling

It was another shattering year.

Climate change amped up weather extremes around the globe, smashing temperature records, sinking river levels to historic lows and raising rainfall to devastating highs.