• Average global temperature continues to break unofficial record highs

    Average global temperature continues to break unofficial record highs

    Jul 06, 2023 02:21 PM EDT

    ... La Nina, the natural cooling of the ocean that had acted as a counter, was giving way to El Nino, the reverse phenomenon marked by warming oceans. "A record like this is another piece of evidence for the now massively supported proposition that global warming is pushing us into a ...

  • The world's hottest day on record was Tuesday, scientists calculate

    The world's hottest day on record was Tuesday, scientists calculate

    Jul 05, 2023 01:35 PM EDT

    ... degree Celsius mark and then it went even higher. "A record like this is another piece of evidence for the now massively supported proposition that global warming is pushing us into a hotter future,” said Stanford University climate scientist Chris Field, who was not part of the calculations. Hotter global ...

  • The UK just had its hottest June in 139 years of records, with climate change a factor

    The UK just had its hottest June in 139 years of records, with climate change a factor

    Jul 03, 2023 06:20 PM EDT

    ... 2020 average. Other European countries including France and Spain saw similar record highs last year. Since records began over a century ago, all of the 10 annual highest temperature records in the U.K. have occurred from 2003, the scientists added, clearly demonstrating how global warming has affected British climate.

  • Montana officials minimize first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit ahead of final arguments

    Montana officials minimize first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit ahead of final arguments

    Jun 19, 2023 11:27 PM EDT

    ... change — Judith Curry with the Climate Forecast Applications Network — was not called to testify.The plaintiffs alleged Curry has cherry-picked scientific data to minimize global warming. Emily Flower, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Austin Knudsen, said the decision not to put Curry on the stand was due to “strategy ...

  • Voters in Switzerland approve climate bill targeting net zero emissions by 2050

    Voters in Switzerland approve climate bill targeting net zero emissions by 2050

    Jun 18, 2023 09:23 PM EDT

    ... vote, had claimed that the proposed measures would cause electricity prices to rise. Backers of the plan argued that Switzerland will be hard-hit by global warming and is already seeing the effects of rising temperatures on its famous glaciers. “The supporters have reason to rejoice,” Urs Bieri of the ...

  • Global temperatures briefly spike above key climate threshold, scientists warn of more extremes

    Global temperatures briefly spike above key climate threshold, scientists warn of more extremes

    Jun 16, 2023 05:18 PM EDT

    BERLIN (AP) — Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, a hint of heat and its harms to come, scientists worry. The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the short surge marked a new global heat record for June and indicates more extremes ahead as ...

  • Scientists issue increasingly dire warnings as ocean surface temperatures spike

    Scientists issue increasingly dire warnings as ocean surface temperatures spike

    Jun 15, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... into the atmosphere. This is really the bottom line as to how the atmosphere is changing. And carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. It produces global warming.    Amna Nawaz:  That is Kevin Trenberth, distinguished scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, joining us tonight.  Thank you for ...

  • UN chief says fossil fuels are 'incompatible with human survival,' calls for credible exit strategy

    UN chief says fossil fuels are 'incompatible with human survival,' calls for credible exit strategy

    Jun 15, 2023 06:59 PM EDT

    ... them “more efficient planet-wreckers.” It’s not the first time the U.N. chief has called out Big Oil over its role in causing global warming, but the blunt attack reflects growing frustration at the industry’s recent profit bonanza despite warnings from scientists that burning fossil fuels will ...

  • Long-awaited Vietnam energy plan aims to boost renewables, but fossil fuels still in the mix

    Long-awaited Vietnam energy plan aims to boost renewables, but fossil fuels still in the mix

    Jun 14, 2023 06:59 PM EDT

    The gradual shift away from coal won't wean Vietnam from fossil fuels, given its goal of expanding use of LNG — cooled natural gas that is made predominantly of methane whose production and transportation leaks contribute to global warming. Demand for LNG — itself viewed as a legacy industry to be ...

  • Greenland unveils draft constitution in push for complete independence from Danish control

    Greenland unveils draft constitution in push for complete independence from Danish control

    Jun 02, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... lot of hate mail, a lot of harassment in general. Malcolm Brabant: With 80 percent of Greenland covered in ice, it's a barometer for climate change. But, as glaciers retreat because of global warming, the temperature between Greenland and Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, is chilling. Prime Minister Mute Egede: