Global Warming

The last two years have shattered records for global average temperatures, pushing past a critical threshold for the first time in history , according to a report released Friday by Europe’s climate monitoring agency. The findings arrive amid escalating calls from the United Nations for “ trail-blazing ” climate initiatives…

Europe's climate monitor says average global temperatures exceeded a critical warning limit for the first time, as the United Nations demands "trail-blazing" climate action. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday that six international datasets all confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record, extending a decade-long "extraordinary…

Firefighters respond to wildfires in the Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7. (Image credit: David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images) For the first time, global warming exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels in 2024, new data has shown. That makes 2024 the hottest year on record. Earth's…

Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming thresholdRead More

On January 10, 2025, 1:00 PM The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this. The European Copernicus climate service, one of the main global data providers, said on Friday…

With global warming topping the key limit of 1.5C last year, adapting to worsening climate impacts has become a “necessity”, top scientist warns Europe’s climate service said on Friday that 2024 was the hottest calendar year on record and the first in which average temperatures exceeded the key limit of…

The earth’s climate experienced its hottest year in 2024. Extreme flooding in April killed hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A year-long drought has left Amazon river levels at an all-time low. And in Athens, Greece, the ancient Acropolis was closed in the afternoons to protect tourists from dangerous…

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The Thompson fire burns around Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024. (Image credit: Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) The year 2024 has been another challenging one for Earth's climate, marked by record temperatures, extreme weather events, and urgent warnings from scientists about the accelerating pace…

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