Science Sep 06 The hottest summer on record could lead to our warmest year ever measured. Again. Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth's hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday.
World Jul 24 After Earth’s hottest day recorded on Sunday, Monday breaks new record Copernicus' preliminary data shows the global average temperature Monday was 17.15 degrees Celsius, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, which beats Sunday's record by 0.06 degrees Celsius.
Science Jul 23 Last Sunday was Earth’s hottest day in recorded history Yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus.
Science Jul 01 We’re in literal hot water this hurricane season The powerful storm Beryl is acting more like monsters that form in the peak of hurricane season thanks mostly to water temperatures as hot or hotter than the region normally gets in September, experts say.
Nation Jun 20 Climate change made heat wave in U.S., Mexico, warmer and more likely A new study finds that human-caused climate change dialed up the heat and drastically increased the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America.
Nation May 31 2023 set a record for U.S. heat deaths. Why 2024 could be even deadlier An Associated Press analysis of federal data shows that about 2,300 people in the United States died in the summer of 2023 with their death certificates mentioning the effects of excessive heat. That's the highest in 45 years of records.
Nation May 23 Ocean heat + La Nina = more Atlantic hurricanes likely this summer There's an 85 percent chance that the Atlantic hurricane season that starts in June will be above average in storm activity, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday in its annual outlook.
World May 08 Extreme weather wreaks havoc around the world Environmental extremes accelerate as flooding and heatwaves occur more often. Scientists anticipated extreme weather disasters this year.
Science Apr 01 Trillions of underground wonders to emerge in ‘cicada-geddon’, largest in centuries These cicadas are nature's kings of the calendar, crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years and singing as loud as jet engines.
Science Jan 09 Earth was hotter than ever in 2023, approaching 1.5-degree warming limit There are several factors that made 2023 the warmest year on record, but by far the biggest factor was the ever-increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that trap heat.