Global Warming

CLIMATE SCIENCE In 2022, Earth set new records for warming Temperatures continued to rise at an alarming pace in 2022, which became the fifth- or sixth-hottest year in modern history, U.S. and European science agencies reported last week. Earth’s average recorded surface temperatures were some 1.2°C warmer than preindustrial times.…

As damaging as it was for more than 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow to fall on California since Christmas, a worst-case global warming scenario could juice up similar future downpours by one-third by the middle of this century, a new study says. The strongest of California’s storms from…

UN chief Antonio Guterres compared the actions of oil firms to those of tobacco companies that hid the harmful effects of cigarettes — © AFP JAM STA ROSA Laurent THOMET UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres skewered oil firms on Wednesday for having “peddled the big lie” about their role in global…

Scientists from the University of California-Irvine have warned of an impending disaster for our oceans caused by global warming. The researchers analyzed data from over three-dozen different climate models and found they predicted serious problems with the deep water circulation pattern of the ocean. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the…

Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Cop28 President-designate and the UAE's special envoy on climate change, has said the world is “playing catch up” on efforts to tackle global warming. Speaking on the first day of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, he told an audience that countries must step up and work much…

EVAN VUCCI | AFP | Getty Images The world will not be able to avoid overshooting the goal established in the 2015 Paris Climate Accord to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-Industrial levels, according to Bill Gates. The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder answered questions from…

Animation showing global average surface temperature departures from average vs. 1951-1980. Image: NASA GISS. Believe it or not, average global surface temperatures have actually been relatively cool over the last three years — but that's about to change. Why it matters: Temperatures are expected to jump this year — and…

It’s been seven years since journalists first revealed Exxon Mobil Corp.’s decadeslong efforts to undermine the scientific certainty around climate change, despite knowing how serious a problem it was. Now, a new analysis demonstrates exactly how much the company knew — and how its public disinformation campaigns sabotaged the warnings…

Early modelling suggests the world’s climate could shift to an El Niño pattern towards the end of 2023, which is likely to increase the global average temperature Environment 13 January 2023 By Madeleine Cuff A field of dead maize plants in Malawi during a drought caused by El Niño in…

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