It was recorded during the 2019-2020 Arctic summer.
Researchers at the Australian Antarctic Program reported the first recorded heatwave event at the Casey research station in East Antarctica. The…
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of people worldwide struggling with extreme heat and humidity by the end of the century could be more than four times as many as today if planet-…
Over recent decades, inequality between countries has fallen, in particular due to fast economic growth in China and India. But our new research suggests climate change could reverse this trend.
In…
A new study warned that 1.2 billion people could suffer from heat stress due to the rising global temperatures caused by climate change.
A study on climate change revealed that over one billion…
Scientists say global warming could have a catastrophic effect on the planet.
Human activities have increased carbon-dioxide emissions, driving up temperatures. Extreme weather and melting polar ice…
Guardian environment correspondent Fiona Harvey recalls being heckled at the House of Commons and explains how attitudes to climate have shifted in 10 years
The shouted words rang out across the…
Leading climate scientists say in order to stop global warming from exceeding 1.5C and causing a "climate catastrophe" urgent steps need to be taken now.
Research by the UN Intergovernmental Panel…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that January 2020 was the warmest January ever recorded.
In the span of 141 years of climate records, there has…
This morning in Geneva, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its special report on climate change and land.
The land provides the “food, feed, fibre, fuel and freshwater”…
A record high temperature of 18.3C (64.9F) has been logged on the continent of Antarctica.
The reading, taken on Thursday by Argentine research base Esperanza, is 0.8C hotter than the previous peak…
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK,— 87 major companies — with a combined market capitalization of over US$2.3 trillion and annual direct emissions equivalent to 73 coal-fired power plants — are taking action…
Latest predictions suggest that Earth’s global average temperature is likely to reach record warmth during the five-year period 2020-2024.
The current warmest year on record is 2016, but the latest …
Through High-Performance Architecture, Professor Mattheos Santamouris tackles problems affecting most of the population of the world.
9 January 2020
UNSW Sydney
Oceans are clearest measure of climate crisis as they absorb 90% of heat trapped by greenhouse gases.
The heat in the world’s oceans reached a new record level in 2019, showing “irrefutable and…
The 10 years to the end of 2019 have been confirmed as the warmest decade on record by three global agencies.
According to Nasa, Noaa and the UK Met Office, last year was the second warmest in a…
UK scientists say the recent fires in Australia are a taste of what the world will experience as temperatures rise.
Prof Richard Betts from the Met Office Hadley Centre said we are "seeing a sign of…
Australia’s climate in 2019
Australia's warmest year on record, with the annual national mean temperature 1.52 °C above average
Both mean annual maximum and minimum temperatures above average for…
NOAA released the U.S. climate data for 2019. It was the second-wettest year on record with temperatures above average, wrapping up the warmest decade on record.
This decade was likely the hottest on record. As it comes to a close and another begins, one glaring question is: Can the world make up for this lost time?