The world has been its hottest on record for 10 months straight. Scientists can't fully explain why
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The world has been its hottest on record for 10 months straight. Scientists can't fully explain why

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In short: Leading climate scientists say there is a margin to the extreme heat the world has experienced over the past year that can't be explained by global warming or known climate drivers. Leading climate scientists say there is a margin to the extreme heat the world has experienced over the past year that can't be explained by global warming or known climate drivers. One of the world's leading climate scientists says the world could be in "uncharted territory", with the researchers unable to fully explain why the world has been breaking heat records to such extremes for 10 months straight. It was something that climate scientists couldn't fully explain at the time, becoming known as the "global warming hiatus".

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The world has ALREADY exceeded the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, study warns - and scientists say time is running out to curb climate change
1 month, 1 week ago

The world has ALREADY exceeded the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, study warns - and scientists say time is running out to curb climate change

Daily Mail  

Time may be running out to curb climate change, scientists have warned - as new data reveals that the critical 1.5°C threshold has already been reached. Scientists say that a new method for attributing human-caused climate change shows that the 1.5°C limit laid out in the Paris Agreement has already been passed This comes after scientists from the Copernicus Climate …

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency

Raw Story  

A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand fossil fuel drilling, the European Union's Earth observation agency announced that 2024 is "virtually certain" to be the hottest year on record and to hit a worrying temperature milestone. While a single year above the 1.5°C …

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say
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1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again
1 month, 2 weeks ago

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming compared to the pre-industrial average, the European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday. Going over that number in 2024 doesn’t mean the overall trend line …

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service warning comes days before nations are due to gather for crunch climate talks led by the UN. On Thursday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said this year is also “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began. “This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a …

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

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 world is on track for a “catastrophic” 3.1 degrees Celsius of global warming over …

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns

The Independent  

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Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again
2 months ago

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again

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. Dr. Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, wrote on social media Tuesday that new …

August 2024 Was The Hottest Summer On Record On This Earth, NASA Says
3 months, 1 week ago

August 2024 Was The Hottest Summer On Record On This Earth, NASA Says

ABP News  

Hottest Summer: August 2024 has officially become the hottest month in recorded history, capping off what NASA scientists have confirmed to be Earth’s hottest summer since global temperature records began in 1880. This summer’s global temperatures were 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than any other summer in NASA’s records, including the previous high set in 2023. This is a clear indication …

Summer 2024 was the hottest on RECORD: Average global temperature was 0.69°C above average - and scientists say climate change is to blame
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Summer 2024 was the hottest on RECORD: Average global temperature was 0.69°C above average - and scientists say climate change is to blame

Daily Mail  

Summer in the UK might have been cold and rainy. The average global temperature across June, July, and August was 0.69°C above average - surpassing the previous record set last year. But globally, this summer was the hottest on record, according to new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service The average global temperature across June, July, and August was …

Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why
4 months, 1 week ago

The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why

NPR  

The oceans are weirdly hot. “This could be contributing to the warm temperatures we’ve seen in the last couple years,” says Andrew Gettelman, a climate scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and one of the authors of the forthcoming study. Recent research suggests that the answer is “No.” “I was very skeptical of the warming effect,” says Dessler, who is …

July finally breaks streak of record global temperatures – but it’s still the second hottest ever
4 months, 2 weeks ago

July finally breaks streak of record global temperatures – but it’s still the second hottest ever

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 Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an …

July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief
4 months, 2 weeks ago

July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief

Associated Press  

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Thursday. But July 2024 ’s average heat just missed surpassing the July of a year ago, and scientists said the end of the record-breaking streak changes nothing …

Monday breaks the global record for the hottest ever day on Earth
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Monday breaks the global record for the hottest ever day on Earth

Associated Press  

Driven by oceans that won’t cool down, an unseasonably warm Antarctica and worsening climate change, Earth’s record hot streak dialed up this week, making Sunday, then Monday, the hottest days humans have measured, according to the European climate service. There’s a good chance that when the data comes in for Tuesday, it will be three straight days of global record …

Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says Copernicus' preliminary data shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 …

Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Copernicus' preliminary data shows that the global average …

Last Sunday was Earth’s hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says
5 months ago

Last Sunday was Earth’s hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Copernicus’ preliminary data shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 degrees Celsius, beating the record set just last year on July 6, 2023 by.01 …

In a troubling milestone, Earth surpasses 1.5 degrees C of warming for 12 consecutive months
5 months, 2 weeks ago

In a troubling milestone, Earth surpasses 1.5 degrees C of warming for 12 consecutive months

LA Times  

In a troubling milestone, June marked Earth’s 12th consecutive month of global warming at or above 1.5 degrees Celsius — the internationally accepted threshold for avoiding the worst effects of climate change. Under that accord, the United States and nearly 200 other nations agreed to limit the global average temperature increase to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial …

As 12 months of record heat stack up, scientists unpack the impacts around the globe
6 months, 2 weeks ago

As 12 months of record heat stack up, scientists unpack the impacts around the globe

ABC  

A new report by a team of international climate scientists shows the staggering amount of extreme heat days each country across the globe experienced last year, with the majority made more likely by human-induced climate change. It comes as the world hits an alarming climate milestone, with data showing last month was the hottest May on record, marking what has …

Earth breaks heat and CO₂ records once again: ‘Our planet is trying to tell us something’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth breaks heat and CO₂ records once again: ‘Our planet is trying to tell us something’

LA Times  

Humanity is ignoring major planetary vital signs as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels soar to all-time highs and Earth records its 12th consecutive month of record-breaking heat, international climate officials warned this week. At 60.63 degrees, the global mean temperature in May was a record 2.73 degrees hotter than the preindustrial average against which warming is measured — marking an astonishing …

Climate change: Planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change: Planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat

CNN  

CNN — The planet just marked a “shocking” new milestone, enduring 12 consecutive months of unprecedented heat, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitoring service. The 12-month heat streak was “shocking but not surprising” given human-caused climate change, said Carlo Buontempo, the director of Copernicus, who warned of worse to come. Copernicus released its data the …

Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: report

The Hindu  

The world experienced an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably not have occurred without climate change, a report said on May 28. They concluded that "human-caused climate change added — on average, across all places in the world — 26 more days of extreme heat than there would have been …

Summer 2023 was the hottest in past 2,000 years: Study
7 months, 1 week 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
7 months, 2 weeks 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, …

Editorial: If 10 straight months of record-breaking heat isn’t a climate emergency, what is?
8 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: If 10 straight months of record-breaking heat isn’t a climate emergency, what is?

LA Times  

Californians have had weekend after weekend of cool, stormy weather and the Sierra Nevada has been blessed with a healthy snowpack. The planet is experiencing a horrifying streak of record-breaking heat, with March marking the 10th month in a row that the average global temperature has been the highest ever recorded. The concept of a higher average global temperature doesn’t …

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe
8 months, 1 week ago

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe

Live Mint  

“Two years to save the world.” As far as opening lines of speeches go, that would be dramatic in most contexts. In fact, there’s growing disquiet among climate scientists that it is possible that the rate of climate impacts may have been understated—the world seems to be heading for runaway temperature rise; and climate “tipping points” that had seemed far …

And the heat keeps coming: Global temperature record broken for 10th month in a row in March
8 months, 2 weeks ago

And the heat keeps coming: Global temperature record broken for 10th month in a row in March

LA Times  

Earth’s worrisome warming trajectory continued unabated last month, with March marking the 10th month in a row that the planet has broken global heat records, international climate officials announced this week. With an average surface temperature of 57.45 degrees Fahrenheit, last month was warmer globally than any previous March on record, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. …

March is tenth straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say
8 months, 2 weeks ago

March is tenth straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

The Hindu  

For the tenth consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said. “But its combination with the non-natural marine heat waves made these records so breathtaking,” said Woodwell Climate Research Center scientist Jennifer …

Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said. Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month, with marine heat waves across large areas of …

Earth has obliterated a worrying record for the ninth straight month
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth has obliterated a worrying record for the ninth straight month

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 Earth has obliterated global heat records for the ninth straight month — with February, …

Study says 2023’s crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Study says 2023’s crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world

Associated Press  

Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than what Earth’s supposed to get with current warming levels. A study in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society charted the North Atlantic sea temperature and the Antarctic sea ice halfway across the globe against long-accepted computer …

Study says 2023's crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Study says 2023's crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world

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. Read our privacy policy Off the charts “crazy” heat …

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly
10 months ago

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly

Hindustan Times  

Earth is running a fever, and the latest temperature readings aren’t offering much comfort. Last week, climate data released by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, better known as C3S, presented another warning about the impending climate crisis hovering over humanity — for the first time in recorded human history, 12 consecutive months saw temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial …

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years

Daily Mail  

The Earth exceeded 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit of warming in a 12-month period for the first time since scientists began recording global temperatures. Last year was the hottest year on record, and scientists suspect El Niño and global warming combined to make it the hottest year in 100,000 years. Climate predictions that came true In the late 1970s, petroleum company ExxonMobil …

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period
10 months, 2 weeks ago

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period

Al Jazeera  

EU monitors report comes as NASA launches climate satellite to survey oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius over a 12-month period, European climate monitors have said, in what scientists called a “warning to humanity”. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported the run of …

2023 officially warmest year on record by a huge margin, World Meteorological Organization confirms
11 months, 1 week 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 …

Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening
11 months, 1 week ago

Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening

Associated Press  

The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. “The heat over the last calendar year was a dramatic message from Mother Nature,” said University of Arizona climate scientist Katharine Jacobs. They wonder whether human-caused climate change and a natural El Nino were augmented by a freak blip or whether “there’s …

In Graphics | Why 2023 was the hottest year on record
11 months, 1 week 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 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’

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 findings are hardly surprising, but a global gut-punch nonetheless: 2023 has been confirmed as …

Earth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says

Associated Press  

Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. The European climate agency Copernicus said the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. In a separate Tuesday press event, international climate scientists who calculate global warming’s role in extreme …

Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit, European agency says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit, European agency says

The Independent  

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Earth reaches grim milestone: 2023 was the warmest year on record
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth reaches grim milestone: 2023 was the warmest year on record

LA Times  

An astonishing seven consecutive months of record-breaking warmth have culminated in a grim milestone for humanity: 2023 was, officially, Earth’s hottest year on record. Temperatures during 2023 likely exceed those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years.” With a global average temperature of 58.96 degrees, last year was about 0.31 of a degree warmer than the previous …

2023 proved that climate change isn't coming — it's here, and things are spiraling out of control
1 year ago

2023 proved that climate change isn't coming — it's here, and things are spiraling out of control

Salon  

Politicians often speak of climate change as a problem for future generations to solve, but many scientists say the time to act is now and that the climate has already changed — it's not a far-off scenario. The year "will see a new global surface temperature record" which "underscores the fact that the planet is continuing to warm as we …

2023 declared hottest year on record as UN slams climate inaction
1 year ago

2023 declared hottest year on record as UN slams climate inaction

Al Jazeera  

The temperature record was confirmed as a UN official condemned ‘posturing’ at COP28 climate summit. Europe’s climate monitor has declared that 2023 will be the hottest year on record, as a United Nations official used the COP28 climate summit to slam inaction. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed on Wednesday that the current year will be the “warmest” …

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
1 year ago

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

CNN  

CNN — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged alarmingly,” according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. Climate pollution from all fossil fuel types — coal, oil, and natural gas — increased around the world, the Global Carbon Project found, …

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead
1 year ago

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead

The Independent  

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Earth was 2 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels for two days. What does that mean?
1 year, 1 month ago

Earth was 2 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels for two days. What does that mean?

ABC  

Last week, global temperatures appeared to momentarily breach a threshold set by world governments to try and avoid widespread climate devastation. Key points: Last week, the world's average temperature was briefly 2 degrees warmer than a pre-industrial baseline Over the past 10 months, the average global temperature was more than 1.3C above pre-industrial levels Current greenhouse gas levels and emissions …

Earth just experienced the hottest 12 months ever recorded
1 year, 1 month ago

Earth just experienced the hottest 12 months ever recorded

Associated Press  

The last 12 months were the hottest Earth has ever recorded, according to a new report by Climate Central, a nonprofit science research group. Over the course of the year, 7.3 billion people, or 90% of humanity, endured at least 10 days of high temperatures that were made at least three times more likely because of climate change. They don’t …

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