Climate Risk & Resilience Initiative (CLARITY): Datasets & Tools
- Jessica C. Liu
- Apr 1
- 4 min read
Under the CLARITY Climate Risk & Resilience Initiative, students can explore a curated collection of climate datasets, visual tools, and educational platforms commonly used in environmental research. These resources help K–12 learners better understand hurricanes, extreme weather, sea-level rise, climate vulnerability, and resilience through accessible data and interactive learning.
Hurricane & Storm Tracking
The official Atlantic hurricane database containing historical hurricane tracks, wind speeds, storm intensity records, and storm path data used in climate and hurricane research.
An interactive mapping platform that allows users to explore historical hurricane paths, storm categories, and coastal hurricane exposure.
Provides real-time hurricane forecasts, tropical cyclone tracking, storm advisories, and educational hurricane resources.
A global tropical cyclone archive integrating storm data from multiple meteorological agencies worldwide.
Sea Level Rise & Coastal Vulnerability
An interactive visualization tool showing how rising sea levels may affect coastal communities, infrastructure, and flood exposure.
A coastal climate-risk mapping platform visualizing flooding exposure and sea-level rise vulnerability for communities worldwide.
Provides satellite-based measurements, visualizations, and educational resources about global sea level rise and coastal climate impacts.
Maps flood-prone areas and infrastructure vulnerability to support climate resilience and coastal planning.
Climate Data & Temperature Trends
A public climate science platform presenting global climate indicators, temperature trends, carbon dioxide levels, and environmental change data.
A comprehensive climate database providing historical weather observations, temperature records, precipitation data, and environmental datasets.
An open-access climate research platform offering global land and ocean temperature datasets and warming trend visualizations.
A European climate data platform providing environmental observations, climate indicators, atmospheric datasets, and Earth system data.
Earth Observation & Satellite Imagery
A visual climate science platform featuring satellite imagery, environmental monitoring, and Earth system observations.
Provides open-access satellite observations, climate datasets, atmospheric measurements, and environmental research resources.
An interactive visualization showing decades of environmental and geographic change through satellite imagery.
A European Space Agency program providing satellite-based climate observations and long-term environmental monitoring datasets.
Flooding & Extreme Weather
An official U.S. flood mapping platform identifying flood zones, flood exposure, and flood-risk regions.
A satellite-based precipitation monitoring system tracking rainfall, storms, and global weather patterns.
A European flood monitoring and forecasting platform supporting global flood-risk analysis and disaster preparedness.
Wildfires & Environmental Hazards
A global wildfire tracking platform using satellite observations to monitor active fires and environmental hazards.
A climate-health tool visualizing heat risk and extreme temperature exposure across regions.
An environmental monitoring platform tracking deforestation, forest fires, and ecosystem change globally.
Educational Climate Tools
A research and data visualization platform presenting global climate trends, emissions data, and environmental statistics.
Interactive visualizations showing public attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about climate change across regions.
A student-friendly climate education platform introducing younger learners to climate science through games, videos, and visual activities.
An educational climate science resource providing accessible explainers, climate research summaries, and environmental learning materials.
Educational articles, maps, videos, and classroom resources focused on climate change and environmental systems.
Climate, Poverty & Economic Vulnerability Datasets and Tools
A global platform providing climate risk, poverty, agriculture, and economic vulnerability data for countries and regions worldwide.
An open-access database tracking poverty, inequality, household vulnerability, and socioeconomic indicators globally.
Measures how vulnerable countries are to climate change and how prepared they are to improve resilience.
Provides human development, inequality, climate vulnerability, and resilience indicators across countries.
Research platform studying how climate change affects mortality, labor, agriculture, and economic productivity.
Maps populations, infrastructure, and economic exposure to coastal flooding and sea-level rise.
Measures community-level disaster risk, social vulnerability, and economic resilience across the United States.
Identifies communities most vulnerable to disasters based on poverty, housing, transportation, and socioeconomic factors.
Tracks the economic costs and impacts of major climate and weather disasters in the United States.
An advanced visualization platform showing climate projections, exposure, and regional environmental risk worldwide.
Maps environmental burdens and socioeconomic vulnerability across U.S. communities.
Provides disaster risk reduction, vulnerability, and resilience data for global communities.
NASA-supported datasets combining population, poverty, climate exposure, and environmental vulnerability.
Research data exploring economic opportunity, inequality, and long-term socioeconomic outcomes across regions.
A global humanitarian platform containing datasets related to disasters, poverty, migration, food insecurity, and climate crises.
Maps climate adaptation and resilience efforts around the world.
Provides climate projections, emissions data, environmental indicators, and adaptation research tools.
Tracks environmental degradation, forest loss, fires, and ecosystem vulnerability globally.
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