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Created with Highcharts 3.0.7Chart context menuNumber of articles2000-2026 United States Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global WarmingWashington PostWall Street JournalNew York TimesUSA TodayLos Angeles Times5 Newspapers Combined2000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024202601,0002505007501,250Media and Climate Change Observatory, University of Colorado Boulder, http://mecco.colorado.edu
Created with Highcharts 3.0.7Chart context menuNumber of articles2000-2026 United States Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global WarmingWashington PostWall Street JournalNew York TimesUSA TodayLos Angeles Times200020022004200620082010201220142016201820202022202420260200400600800Media and Climate Change Observatory, University of Colorado Boulder, http://mecco.colorado.edu

These figures track newspaper coverage of climate change or global warming in 5 US newspapers (Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, and Los Angeles Times). Updated through January 2026.

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Figure Citation

Boykoff, M., Bruns, C., Daly, M., and Nacu-Schmidt, A. (2026). United States Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2026. Media and Climate Change Observatory Data Sets. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado. doi.org/10.25810/jck1-hf50.