global temperatures

NOAA and the terrible, horrible, no good, very hot year

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It’s official: Last year ranked as Earth’s hottest year ever recorded. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a ...

Earth just had its hottest year ever recorded — by far

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Last year was Earth’s hottest in recorded history, the European Union’s climate agency announced Tuesday, confirming what scientists have been ...

10 dramatic discoveries about Earth from 2023

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With climate change continuing to affect our planet and mitigating measures lagging, 2023 has been another eventful year for Earth. ...

2023 obliterates temperature records to become warmest year in recorded history

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In 2023, the effects of climate change were so pronounced that scientists confirmed it would be the warmest year in ...

Octopus DNA reveals collapse of Antarctic ice sheet is “close”

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Scientists investigating how Antarctica’s ice sheets retreated in the deep past have turned to an innovative approach: studying the genes ...

The past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

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The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate ...

A look at what to expect as latest UN climate talks get under way in oil-rich UAE

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East plays host to its second straight U.N. climate conference over the ...

The world briefly smashed through the 2-degree warming limit for the first time ever

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The Earth’s temperature briefly rose above a crucial threshold that scientists have been warning for decades could have catastrophic and ...

Global heat deaths could quadruple if action is not taken on climate change, study finds

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Global heat deaths are projected to increase by 370% if action is not taken to limit the effects of global ...

UN’s ‘global stocktake’ on climate is offering a sober emissions reckoning − but there are also signs of progress

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When this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in late November 2023, it will be a moment for course ...