July 21 was the hottest day on record, European climate agency says

July 21 was the hottest day on record, European climate agency says

On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus on Tuesday. Preliminary data from Copernicus shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 C, beating the record set just last year on … Read more

Hottest day record broken globally — for 2nd time this week

Hottest day record broken globally — for 2nd time this week

Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever globally — beating a record set the day before — as countries around the world, from Japan to Bolivia to the United States, continue to feel the heat, according to the European climate change service. Provisional satellite data published by the Copernicus climate research program on Wednesday showed that … Read more

Dubai deluge likely made worse by warming world, scientists find

Dubai deluge likely made worse by warming world, scientists find

A powerful rainstorm that wreaked havoc on the desert nation of the United Arab Emirates last week was likely made more intense because of climate change, a team of international scientists has found. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group, composed of researchers from around the globe, said rain storms like the one that struck last … Read more

Escalating temperature in Antarctica sparks global concern for climate change

Escalating temperature in Antarctica sparks global concern for climate change

NEW DELHI: The escalating global temperatures have raised significant concerns, with scientists at the Concordia research station on the eastern edge of the Antarctic plateau documenting a remarkable phenomenon. On March 18, 2022, they recorded the highest temperature ever observed at the meteorological center; 38.5 degrees Celsius, well above the seasonal average. This alarming temperature … Read more

New satellite will track elusive methane pollution from oil and gas industry globally

New satellite will track elusive methane pollution from oil and gas industry globally

A privately funded satellite is set to push methane tracking into a new era, once it launches into space on Monday. A collaborative mission between Environmental Defense Fund, Google, the Government of New Zealand and several other partners, MethaneSAT will track methane emissions around the globe in attempts to identify and quantify sources spewing the climate-heating greenhouse gas.  For 20 … Read more

World temperatures go a full year above 1.5 C warming limit, EU scientists say

World temperatures go a full year above 1.5 C warming limit, EU scientists say

The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. Last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, in C3S’s records going back to 1950. The exceptional month came after 2023 ranked … Read more

2023 was the hottest year on record — by a long shot

2023 was the hottest year on record — by a long shot

After a year of record-breaking wildfires across Canada and the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, it likely comes as no surprise that 2023 was the hottest year on record. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), 2023 was 1.48 C warmer than the pre-industrial average from 1850–1900, beating out 2016’s record … Read more