WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern record-keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by the U.S. space agency NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The global temperature in 20...
In a way, these reports represent a sort of planetary health assessment. “We’re seeing that the Earth has a temperature,” NOAA climatologist Ahira Sanchez-Lugo tells Tara Law atTimemagazine. “But not only that, we see that there are symptoms.” A closer look at the numbers Because ded...
Earth just had its hottest July in 174 years. 4th consecutive month of record-high global ocean surface temperature. Antarctica#SeaIcecoverage had a record-low in July for the 3rd consecutive month.https://t.co/lRgypbiSed@NOAANCEI#StateOfClimatepic.twitter.com/n1ud8u87x2 ...
Of 153 observation posts across Japan, 62 broke their average temperature record in July. Contributing factors included a high-pressure system over the Pacific and "warm air from the south" that shrouded northern parts of the archipelago, the JMA said. Since April, heatstroke has killed 59 peop...
Equinor and Shell also have experience as partners in conventional geothermal projects; Equinor is involved in the next-generation Lithium de France project, but Shell has yet to venture into AGS or EGS. BP is a newcomer to geothermal energy, and is a partner in the Eavor project, as well ...
Earlier this year, the United Nations, citingdata from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said the Earth had seen the hottest summer on record in 2023 after temperature records were shattered around the world. "Climate breakdown has begun," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a...
Guterres pointed to the existing roadmap to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and urged governments to set “clear expectations” for the next round of climate action plans and invest in their implementation. Meanwhile, as the COP 28 conference gets unde...
Records for ocean warming have been broken almost yearly since 2017. The study also found that over the past six decades, the world's oceans have increased in temperature on average by 450 percent, and the past five years have been the warmest on record. ...
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirmed that, in September, average surface air temperatures globally reached 16.38C (61.484F). The figure is a significant 0.5C higher than the previous warmest ever September in 2020, and ...
The city, which is also known as Huo Zhou (a place as hot as fire), is the hottest place in China. The annual average temperature is 14C (57.2F). It is reckoned that there are 152 summer days on average, and 28 really broiling days with the temperature above 40C (104F). Although...