Taiwan says 2024 was hottest year on record
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Taiwan says 2024 was hottest year on record

Raw Story  

Taiwan said Tuesday that this year was the hottest since records began 127 years ago, echoing unprecedented temperature highs felt around the world. As of Sunday, the annual average temperature in Taiwan stood at 24.97 degrees Celsius, exceeding the previous record of 24.91C in 2020 and setting a new high, the Central Weather Administration said. AFP In Taiwan, one of the biggest typhoons to hit the island in decades uprooted trees, and triggered floods and landslides in October This year saw deadly flooding in Spain and Kenya, multiple violent storms in the United States and the Philippines, and severe drought and wildfires across South America. Taiwan is accustomed to frequent tropical storms from July to October, but the island's weather agency said it was unusual for such a powerful typhoon to hit that late in the year.

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China says 2024 was its hottest year on record
6 days, 3 hours ago

China says 2024 was its hottest year on record

The Hindu  

Last year was China's hottest on record and the past four years were its warmest ever, its weather agency said this week. India said on Wednesday 2024 was its hottest year since 1901, while Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday that the past year marked its second-warmest year since records began in 1910. Germany's weather agency said in December …

2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency
6 days, 22 hours ago

2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency

Raw Story  

by Sam Davies, with Jing Xuan Teng in Shanghai Last year was China's hottest on record and the past four years were its warmest ever, its weather agency said this week. India said on Wednesday 2024 was its hottest year since 1901, while Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday that the past year marked its second-warmest year since records …

2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency
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1 week ago

2024 was China's hottest year on record: weather agency

Deccan Chronicle  

Last year was China's warmest on record, its weather agency said, as the world experiences a surge in extreme weather fuelled by climate change.China is the leading emitter of the greenhouse gases scientists say are driving global warming, though Beijing has pledged that carbon dioxide emissions will peak by 2030 and be brought to net zero by 2060.The average national …

2024 was hottest year in over 120 years, says IMD
1 week ago

2024 was hottest year in over 120 years, says IMD

Live Mint  

India's meteorological department said Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year since 1901, with sizzling temperatures in the world's most populous nation following a global pattern of extreme weather sparked by climate change. "The year 2024 was the warmest year on record since 1901," Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India Meteorological Department, told reporters. "The annual mean land surface …

Weather agency says China experienced hottest year on record in 2024
1 week ago

Weather agency says China experienced hottest year on record in 2024

Al Jazeera  

In the last four years, China has logged its four warmest years since comparable temperature recordings began in 1961. China experienced its warmest year on record in 2024, a new high since comparable temperature recordings began more than 60 years ago, the country’s meteorological service has said. The average national temperature for 2024 was 10.92 degrees Celsius, 1.03 degrees higher …

Taiwan records hottest year in 127 years amid global heat surge
1 week, 1 day ago

Taiwan records hottest year in 127 years amid global heat surge

India Today  

Taiwan said Tuesday that this year was the hottest since records began 127 years ago, echoing unprecedented temperature highs felt around the world. As of Sunday, the annual average temperature in Taiwan stood at 24.97 degrees Celsius, exceeding the previous record of 24.91C in 2020 and setting a new high, the Central Weather Administration said. But, it warned that the …

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report
1 week, 6 days ago

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report

The Hindu  

Due to climate change, the world experienced an average of 41 more days of extreme heat in 2024, a new report said on Friday. A yearly review report by two groups of climate scientists — World Weather Attribution and Climate Central — said the world saw an average of 41 more days of dangerous heat in 2024. "It is likely …

What climate records were broken in 2024?
1 week, 6 days ago

What climate records were broken in 2024?

Al Jazeera  

This year, 2024, is set to become the hottest on record, surpassing the previous high in 2023, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The agreement aimed to have countries work towards reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, with a goal of limiting the global average surface temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels and striving to keep it …

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023
1 month ago

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023

India Today  

2024 is set to become the hottest year on record, with global temperatures expected to remain elevated into early 2025. This alarming prediction from European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service follows a series of extreme weather events worldwide, including severe droughts, floods, and heatwaves that have wreaked havoc across multiple continents. C3S reported that from January to November 2024, average …

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold
1 month, 4 weeks ago

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The WMO said the global average temperature for January to September 2024 was 1.54C above pre-industrial levels, based on …

2024 on track for hottest year on record as humanity ‘torching planet’, UN warns
2 months ago

2024 on track for hottest year on record as humanity ‘torching planet’, UN warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The World Meteorological Organisation said data from six global datasets from January to September show 2024 is on track …

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say
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2 months ago

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say

The Hindu  

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. C3S said that from January to October, the average global temperature had been so high that 2024 was sure to be the world's hottest year — unless the temperature anomaly in the rest of the …

Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever
4 months ago

Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever

Al Jazeera  

European climate monitor says extreme weather will become more ‘intense’ if countries don’t slash emissions. Summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were the highest ever recorded, making it likely that this year could emerge as Earth’s hottest ever, according to the European Union’s climate change monitor. “During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June …

Warning of more deaths as 2024 set to be hottest year on record
6 months ago

Warning of more deaths as 2024 set to be hottest year on record

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU’s climate change monitoring service has said, continuing a streak …

Summer 2023 was the hottest in past 2,000 years: Study
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer 2023 was the hottest in past 2,000 years: Study

Hindustan Times  

Last summer, as wildfires swept across the Mediterranean, roads buckled in Texas and heatwaves strained power grids in China, it was not just the warmest summer on record, but the hottest one in some 2,000 years, new research has found. Women cover themselves to protect from the sun on a hot summer day European scientists last year established that the …

April 2024 was hottest on record, marking 11 months of new highs
8 months ago

April 2024 was hottest on record, marking 11 months of new highs

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The streak of record global temperatures has continued for the 11th month in a row, …

World Meteorological Organisation confirms 2023 as ‘hottest year’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

World Meteorological Organisation confirms 2023 as ‘hottest year’

The Hindu  

In line with a host of observations by climate agencies in the preceding three months, the World Meteorological Organisation has officially confirmed 2023 to be the hottest year on record. “Never have we been so close — albeit on a temporary basis at the moment — to the 1.5 degree Celsius lower limit of the Paris Agreement on climate change,” …

2023 officially warmest year on record by a huge margin, World Meteorological Organization confirms
11 months, 3 weeks ago

2023 officially warmest year on record by a huge margin, World Meteorological Organization confirms

The Hindu  

The World Meteorological Organization has officially confirmed that 2023 is the hottest year on record by a huge margin, smashing global temperature records. "Given that El Nino usually has the biggest impact on global temperatures after it peaks, 2024 could be even hotter," said Ms. Saulo, who became WMO Secretary-General on January 1, 2024. Other indicators include atmospheric greenhouse gas …

2023 Was One Of The Coldest Years Of The Rest Of Your Life
11 months, 3 weeks ago

2023 Was One Of The Coldest Years Of The Rest Of Your Life

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING For the last couple of years, Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University, has taken to X, formerly Twitter, to update a boilerplate response to the latest global temperature assessment. NOAA NCEI The two U.S. reports follow one on Tuesday from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, which similarly concluded that 2023 was the …

In Graphics | Why 2023 was the hottest year on record
11 months, 4 weeks ago

In Graphics | Why 2023 was the hottest year on record

Firstpost  

2023 was the warmest calendar year in global temperature data records dating back to 1850, according to a report released on Tuesday by the European Climate Agency. Earth broke all previous records for annual heat, verged on the global warming threshold, and displayed additional symptoms of a feverish planet last year, the report said. January 2024 is also on track …

2023 was world's hottest year on record, EU scientists confirm
11 months, 4 weeks ago

2023 was world's hottest year on record, EU scientists confirm

The Hindu  

Last year was the planet's hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world's warmest in the last 1,00,000 years, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on January 9. When checked against paleoclimatic data records from sources such as tree rings and air bubbles in glaciers, Mr. Buontempo said it was "very likely" the warmest year …

Explained | Here’s how Asia fared in 2022 in terms of climate and extreme events
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | Here’s how Asia fared in 2022 in terms of climate and extreme events

The Hindu  

The story so far: Drought, floods, and high temperatures were the critical disasters that plagued Asiain 2022, causing extensive damage to life and property. Central Asia, the Yangtze River Basin and the Huaihe River Basin in China, southwest and northwest Asia, and areas along the Arctic coast also recorded precipitation below normal. Siberia, northeast Asia, central India, India’s Western Ghats, …

World entering ‘era of global boiling’, UN warns as July is hottest month on record
1 year, 5 months ago

World entering ‘era of global boiling’, UN warns as July is hottest month on record

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” Dr Karsten Haustein, a climate …

Meteorologists say Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June and July has been getting hotter
1 year, 5 months ago

Meteorologists say Earth sizzled to a global heat record in June and July has been getting hotter

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The increase over the last June's record is “a …

Global warming acute problem the world is dragging its feet on
1 year, 5 months ago

Global warming acute problem the world is dragging its feet on

China Daily  

Luo Jie | China Daily The global average temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius on July 3, the highest average temperature in the world since records began being maintained, shows data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. A day later, the record was broken as the global average temperature reached 17.18 degrees Celsius. After record heat in July, UN …

'Sounding the alarm…next five years may be hottest ever': UN weather agency
1 year, 7 months ago

'Sounding the alarm…next five years may be hottest ever': UN weather agency

Hindustan Times  

It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring. Global temperatures are soon set to exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris climate accords, with a two-thirds chance that one of the next five years will do …

UN’s weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot
1 year, 8 months ago

UN’s weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot

Associated Press  

Looking back at 2022’s weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. Global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs and Antarctic sea ice and European Alps glaciers reached record low amounts, according to the United Nations’ climate agency’s State of Global …

Earth experienced 6th hottest year on record in 2021, but 4th hottest for United States
2 years, 11 months ago

Earth experienced 6th hottest year on record in 2021, but 4th hottest for United States

LA Times  

Map of global average surface temperature in 2021 compared to the 1981-2010 average, with places that were warmer than average colored red, and places that were cooler than average colored blue. The year 2021 was marked not only by extreme weather events nationwide and in the West — it was also the Earth’s sixth-hottest year on record, federal officials announced …

Increased warming closing in on limit agreed upon, says UN report
4 years, 3 months ago

Increased warming closing in on limit agreed upon, says UN report

Hindustan Times  

The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report. The report comes on the heels of a weekend of weather gone wild around the U.S.: Scorching heat, record California wildfires and two more Atlantic storms …

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