Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental…
Earth could exceed 1.5°C of global warming – the “safe” limit for temperature rise outlined in the Paris Agreement – as soon as the early 2030s, according to a landmark report by the world’s most…
Summer has yet to officially begin and temperatures are soaring, bringing bad air quality and worsening the mega-drought
This week the temperatures hit 106F (41C) in Billings, in southern Montana.…
Much of the American West has been blasted with sweltering heat this week as a high pressure dome combines with the worst drought in modern history to launch temperatures into the triple digits,…
Less ice means more global heating, a vicious cycle that also leaves the region open to new oil extraction.
Sea ice across much of the Arctic is thinning twice as fast as previously thought,…
Extraction will lead to emissions of billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases, threatening right to live in a healthy environment, court case argues
At the end of April, oil giant ExxonMobil announced…
A new comparison of measurements finds that some don't add up.
The global warming that has already taken place may be even worse than we thought. That's the takeaway from a new study that finds…
Anyone who listens to weather reports has heard meteorologists comment that yesterday’s temperature was 3 degrees above normal, or last month was much drier than normal. But what does “normal” mean…
The lecture aims to present and discuss recent research developments in the field of urban overheating, its impact on the city life. The impacts of implementation and performance of advanced heat…
Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was on par with the warmest year ever recorded, marking the end of the warmest decade on record, while CO2 …
The continent's annual temperature was warmer than the next five warmest years, which were all also in the last decade.
2020 was the warmest year on record in Europe, a major climate study has found…
2020 was one of the three hottest years on record, marked by wildfires, droughts, floods and melting glaciers, a United Nations report said on Monday, prompting the U.N. Secretary-General to say the…
If you’ve ever been seasick, “stable” may be the last word you associate with the ocean. But as global temperatures rise, the world’s oceans are technically becoming more stable.
When scientists…
A new study is shedding light on just how much ice could be lost around Antarctica if the international community fails to urgently rein in planet-heating emissions, bolstering arguments for bolder…
Large-scale weather patterns and urban overheating are interacting to make Sydney’s inland suburbs up to 10°C warmer than coastal areas during extreme heat events.
‘Unimaginable amounts’ of water will flow into oceans if that temperature rise occurs and ice buffers vanish, warn UK scientists.
More than a third of the vast floating platforms of ice surrounding …
From 1880, the Earth's average surface temperature has risen by 0.07°C every decade.
Evidence shows that key historical developments such as industrial revolutions contributed significantly to…
If we want to understand global heating, we have to examine ocean temperature trends.
As if 2020 could get any worse, the latest research showed that oceans hit their highest recorded temperatures,…
The latest data confirms 2020 concludes the earth’s warmest 10-year period on record.
The HadCRUT5 global temperature series, produced by the Met Office, University of East Anglia and UK National…