Stuck on hot: Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat record (Update)
Earth's heat is stuck on high.
View Article2016 likely to be hottest year ever, scientists say
On the heels of two record-setting years for global heat, 2016 is likely to set a new high for the planet in modern times, US scientists said Thursday.
View ArticleCooler and wetter: Study links irrigation to inaccurate climate perception
It's the height of irony.
View ArticleCurrent diversity pattern of North American mammals a 'recent' trend, study...
It's called the latitudinal diversity gradient, a phenomenon seen today in most plant and animal species around the world: Biodiversity decreases from the equator to higher latitudes. A new study of...
View Article'Hot, wet and wild' 2016 weather as US has warmest June (Update)
America's warm, wild and costly weather broke another record with the hottest June, federal meteorologists say. And if that's not enough, they calculated that 2016 is flirting with the U.S. record for...
View ArticleNASA: Last month was Earth's hottest in recorded history
Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA.
View ArticleFate of turtles and tortoises affected more by habitat than temperature
Habitat degradation poses a greater risk to the survival of turtles and tortoises than rising global temperatures, according to new research.
View ArticleStrongest magnetic field trapped in a superconductor is a world record
A world record for a trapped field in a superconductor, was achieved in 2014 by a team of engineers led by Professor David Cardwell.
View ArticleUS record high temps could outpace record lows 15 to 1 before
If society continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at the current rate, Americans later this century will have to endure, on average, about 15 daily maximum temperature records for every...
View ArticleUS had its warmest autumn and 2nd warmest November on record
The average U.S. temperature in autumn was 57.6 degrees F (4.1 degrees above average) and surpassed last fall as the warmest on record, according to scientists from NOAA's National Centers for...
View ArticleEarth breaks heat record in 2016 for third year in a row
Last year, the Earth sweltered under the hottest temperatures in modern times for the third year in a row, US scientists said Wednesday, raising new concerns about the quickening pace of climate change.
View ArticleListen to the Earth smash another global temperature record
Federal science agencies announced Wednesday that 2016 was the warmest year on record, beating the previous record of global temperature set in 2015, which had beat the previous record set in 2014.
View Article2017 already marked by climate extremes: UN
Extreme weather and climate conditions, including Arctic "heatwaves", are continuing this year, after 2016 topped the global temperature charts and saw shrinking sea ice and surging sea levels.
View ArticleReport: Can't blame El Nino as global temps spike in March (Update)
In what scientists call a clear sign of a warming world, Earth's temperatures in March were the most above normal on record without an El Nino spiking temperatures.
View ArticleThe current heat spell is needed for the monsoon
Will this week's high temperatures make it into the record book? Can we top 122 F? We don't know yet, but as we move through this extreme heat spell, one thing is for certain, the unpredictability of...
View ArticleFirst half of 2017 ranks 2nd hottest globally, behind 2016
The first half of 2017 was the second warmest on record for Earth, only behind last year.
View ArticleReport confirms 2016 was another warm year
A new report published in Weather confirms that 2016 was another exceptionally warm year, with global temperature having reached 0.77± 0.09?C above its level between 1961 and 1990. Although 2016 was...
View ArticleHuman-caused warming likely led to recent streak of record-breaking...
It is "extremely unlikely" 2014, 2015 and 2016 would have been the warmest consecutive years on record without the influence of human-caused climate change, according to the authors of a new study.
View ArticleJuly ranks 2nd for heat globally, hottest recorded on land
Earth yet again sizzled with unprecedented heat last month.
View ArticleAustralia has hottest winter on record
Australia experienced its hottest winter on record this year amid a long-term warming trend largely attributed to climate change, the weather bureau said Friday.
View ArticleAustralia's record-breaking winter warmth linked to climate change
On the first day of spring, it's time to take stock of the winter that was. It may have felt cold, but Australia's winter had the highest average daytime temperatures on record. It was also the driest...
View ArticleEarth sweltered to 3rd hottest August, summer on record
Earth just sweated through the third hottest August and summer on record.
View ArticleNinety-eight scientists launch a 2,000-year global temperature database
A team of 98 scientists from 22 countries has compiled the most comprehensive database of past global temperature records to date, spanning 1 CE to the present.
View Article2017 likely to be third warmest year on record
The latest estimate for 2017 suggests the year will be the second or third warmest in a record stretching back to 1850.
View ArticleHuman-caused warming increasing likelihood of record-breaking hot years
A new study finds human-caused global warming is significantly increasing the rate at which hot temperature records are being broken around the world.
View ArticleU.S. had 3rd warmest and 2nd wettest year to date
October typically ushers in those crisp, sunny days of fall. But last month was no ordinary October, as warm and wet conditions dampened peak leaf viewing across many parts of the Midwest and New...
View ArticleUS southwest sizzles as experts predict record Thanksgiving
The southwestern United States was gripped by a heat wave on Wednesday as experts warned of temperatures that would smash century-old records over the Thanksgiving weekend.
View ArticleGlobe had third-warmest year to date, fifth warmest November on record
With a warm start to the year and only one month remaining, the globe remains on track to go down as the third warmest year in the 138-year climate record.
View Article2017 was a hot and disaster-filled year for the United States, NOAA says
The year 2017 was the third-warmest on record for the United States, and featured a pileup of weather and climate disasters that cost the nation a record-breaking $306 billion, according to the...
View ArticleIn continuation of trend, 2017 was second warmest year on record
Earth's global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since reliable instrumental records began in 1880, according to an analysis by NASA released today.
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