global temperatures

Why so much of the US is unseasonably hot

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A powerful winter storm was dumping deep snow in parts of the West on Monday. Much of the central U.S. ...

Ice storms, downpours, heavy snow, no snow: Diagnosing ‘warming winter syndrome’

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One of the most robust measures of Earth’s changing climate is that winter is warming more quickly than other seasons. ...

World smashes record for hottest January ever observed

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The world just had its hottest year ever recorded, and 2024 has already set a new heat record for the ...

The world just marked a year above a critical climate limit scientists have warned about

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Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius over the past 12 months for the first time on record, new data shows, ...

Data from centuries-old sea creatures suggest the world has overshot a climate limit. Some scientists say not so fast

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Using sponges collected off the coast of Puerto Rico in the eastern Caribbean, scientists have calculated 300 years of ocean ...

The world successfully tackled a dangerous pollutant. But did it accidentally warm the planet in the process?

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The huge cargo ships that criss-cross the world’s oceans sometimes leave “tracks” in their wake — long, wispy clouds that ...

Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year’s severe drought ...

New artificial snowmaking technology could offer a lifeline to struggling ski resorts

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Nestled in the Pyrenees mountains, La Molina is Spain’s oldest ski resort. It boasts the biggest superpipe in the Pyrenees ...

Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening

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The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists ...

2023 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA say

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It’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record. On Friday (Jan. 12), climate scientists from NASA and NOAA unveiled ...

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