DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--The U.N. weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest year on record, and warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt, and heat waves in the future. The World Meteorological Organization also wa...
The boreal autumn, from September through November, was also the warmest as a whole "by a large margin," Copernicus said, with temperatures 0.88 degrees Celsius above average. In September, it reported that thesummer of 2023 was the hotteston record. "2023 has now had six record breaking mo...
Thehottestyearonrecordiscomingtoaclose,emissionsofplanet-warminggasesarestillrisingglobally,andthemostambitiousclimategoalsetbyworldleadersisallbutimpossibletomeet,accordingtoanewanalysisbytheUnitedNations.Between2021and2022,globalgreenhousegasemissionsgrewabout1%,theanalysisfinds.Emissionsneedtofallasquicklyaspossibleto...
As to factors that made 2023 the hottest year, Saulo said that the onset of the El Nino weather phenomenon early last year, marked by heating in the Pacific Ocean, "clearly" contributed to the rise of global temperatures. She also warned that El Nino could drive up temperatures even further...
The year of 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth's surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, EU climate monitors said Tuesday.Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the planet, and pushed the global...
2023 the hottest year on record, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week April 1, 2024byWorld Economic ForumLeave a Comment This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Meg Jones, Writer, For...
Climate disasters across the world this year have warned us once again of the urgency to address climate change.In July, the world's hottest month on record, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the era of global warming has ended and "the era of global boiling has arrived."COP...
Following another month of record-shattering temperatures, European scientists said Wednesday that 2023 is “virtually certain” to go down as the planet’s hottest year on record. Last month was the hottest October ever recorded, with an average global surface tem...
The hottest year on record is coming to a close, emissions of planet-warming gases are still rising globally, and the most ambitious climate goal set by world leaders is all but impossible to meet, according to a new analysis by the United Nations. ...
July 2023 is set to be the hottest month ever recorded. The consequences are tragic: Children swept away by monsoon rains. Families running from the flames. Workers collapsing in scorching heat. No more hesitancy or excuses.#ClimateAction- now.https://t.co/yQhWo26Uom ...