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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It was another shattering year.