• Pope Francis urges Europe to settle conflicts and ignite hope while on Portugal trip

    Pope Francis urges Europe to settle conflicts and ignite hope while on Portugal trip

    Aug 02, 2023 05:14 PM EDT

    ... hope that World Youth Day will be, for the ‘Old Continent,’ the aged continent, an impulse towards universal openness.” Citing Russia's war in Ukraine, global warming and Europe’s demographic decline, he urged young people in particular to take up the mantle to build a future together. “I dream ...

  • 80 percent of humans on Earth had hotter July due to climate change, scientists find

    80 percent of humans on Earth had hotter July due to climate change, scientists find

    Aug 02, 2023 01:46 PM EDT

    Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study. More than 6.5 billion people, or 81% of the world's population, sweated through at least one ...

  • Analysis: Is it actually hotter now than any time in the last 100,000 years?

    Analysis: Is it actually hotter now than any time in the last 100,000 years?

    Jul 29, 2023 04:52 PM EDT

    ... interglacial period, global temperature averaged over multiple centuries might have peaked roughly around 6,000 years ago, but probably did not exceed the 1 C global warming level at that point, according to the IPCC report. Another study found that global average temperatures continued to increase across the interglacial period ...

  • News Wrap: Wildfires trigger explosions in Greece as flames reach ammunitions depot

    News Wrap: Wildfires trigger explosions in Greece as flames reach ammunitions depot

    Jul 27, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    ... trapping emissions. And, in New York, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres sounded his own warning. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General: The era of global warming has ended. The era of global boiling has arrived. The air is unbreathable. The heat is unbearable. And the level of fossil fuel ...

  • July is globe's hottest month in recorded history

    July is globe's hottest month in recorded history

    Jul 27, 2023 03:27 PM EDT

    ... terrifying. And it is just the beginning,” Guterres told reporters in a New York briefing. “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” Buontempo and other scientists said the records are from human-caused climate change augmented by a natural El Nino warming of ...

  • Climate change influencing July heat waves in Europe, China and America, study says

    Climate change influencing July heat waves in Europe, China and America, study says

    Jul 25, 2023 02:19 PM EDT

    ... in Europe and North America "virtually impossible" without the increase in heat from the mid 1800s. Statistically, the one in China could have happened without global warming. Since the advent of industrial-scale burning, the world has warmed 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius), so "they are not ...

  • Tornado severely damages N.C. Pfizer plant as heat and floods engulf other regions

    Tornado severely damages N.C. Pfizer plant as heat and floods engulf other regions

    Jul 20, 2023 03:08 PM EDT

    ... average temperature has been warmer than the unofficial hottest day recorded before 2023, according to University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. Atmospheric scientists say the global warming responsible for unrelenting heat in the Southwest also is making extreme rainfall a more frequent reality. Finley reported from Norfolk, Virginia. Associated Press ...

  • High-water rescue crews save people flooded in Northeast as death toll rises

    High-water rescue crews save people flooded in Northeast as death toll rises

    Jul 19, 2023 05:58 PM EDT

    ... rivers. The weather system will then move Thursday and Friday over New England, where the ground remains saturated after recent floods. Atmospheric scientists say the global warming responsible for unrelenting heat in the Southwest also is making this kind of extreme rainfall a more frequent reality, because clouds hold more ...

  • Tourists, residents advised to stay inside as second heat wave hits Europe

    Tourists, residents advised to stay inside as second heat wave hits Europe

    Jul 18, 2023 05:15 PM EDT

    ... of the past. They have arrived as a consequence of climate change,” John Nairn, senior extreme heat adviser for World Meteorological Organization, said. “It is global warming, and it’s going to continue for some time.” Nairn noted a sixfold increase in simultaneous heat waves since the 1980s, “and the ...

  • Warming planet may have overwhelming impact on infectious diseases

    Warming planet may have overwhelming impact on infectious diseases

    Jul 18, 2023 04:34 PM EDT

    ... climate change, for example, is a relatively straightforward scientific endeavor, the scientific community and the general public need to be aware that the impacts of global warming on disease can also manifest in many other, less obvious ways. The COVID-19 pandemic is an example of how quickly disease can ...