22, 2023, 2:58 AM Last month added yet another extreme to 2023, but a mid-November temperature spike exceeded a worrisome global climate milestone. As the fifth record-breaking month in a row this year, October ticked several bo...
Monthly temperatures from 1880-2023 are plotted here against the average monthly temperatures between 1951-1980 to provide a seasonal look at how climate change is impacting global heat. Each month from June through December was the hottest in that 143-...
The record heat made life difficult and sometimes deadly in Europe, North America and China, among other places. Climate scientists say heat is not the only problem related to temperature rise. They say severe weather events such as heavy rains that cause flooding, along with wildfires and extre...
More warming to 1.5°C and beyond will worsen such impacts. For example, heatwaves would become both more frequent and more severe.全球升温超过1.5摄氏度将会加剧气候变化的影响。比如，高温将会更频繁地来袭，程度也会更严重。A warmer atmosphere can also hold more moisture, resulting in more extre...
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- A new study led by Chinese and American researchers has found that ocean heating in 2018 grew to a record high, surpassing 2017, which was the previous warmest year ever recorded. Data shows that the upper 2,000 meters of the global ocean have warmed by an...
This summer was the hottest on record worldwide, outpacing even last year's blistering temperatures, according to a new report by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. Environment Sep 14, 2024 0 18 Global warming is driving rapid evolutionary response in fruit flies, research...
The Heat is On: Planet Earth Sets Global Temperature Record This Week We were spoiled by a lingering Spring this year, but goodness gracious when Mother Nature suddenly decided to heat things up, she was not playing around! As Kentuckians, we all prepare for the uncomfortable heat of summer,...
On Dec 30, the World Meteorological Organization also announced that 2024 is set to be the warmest year on record, capping a decade of unprecedented heat fueled by human activities. In his recent New Year's message, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world has "endured ...
deviation uncertainty range (±2σ) of global ocean heat uptake across various datasets. Pre-Argo period represents the period 1955–2004, WOCE era represents the Hydrographic Program of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment during the 1990s, and Argo era indicates the period with Argo record ...
Nine of the 10 warmest Augusts on record have occurred since the year 2000. The world's oceans also set an all-time heat record for surface temperature last month, with August narrowly edging out the previous record set in June. CBS/AP...