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Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

World's record-breaking temperature streak extends through April

Each month since June 2023 has ranked as the planet's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin.

Editorial 1 year ago

Hot new world

However we define this sweltering weather, the past few weeks may offer a glimpse of our future: hotter days, and more of them, amid the climate crisis.

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

La Nina return could reduce extreme heat risks for 2024

Although the past nine consecutive months have clocked temperatures previously unseen by humanity, it fell in line with climatologists' predictions of human-caused climate change which "could have taken more into account", said Carlo Buontempo of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Ocean temperature hit record high in February 2024

February's average sea surface temperature surpassed the previous record of 20.98 C (69.77 F) set in August 2023, in a dataset that goes back to 1979.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Above-normal temperatures for March-May due to El Nino: UN

Though El Nino is now gradually weakening, its impact will continue over the coming months by fuelling the heat trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.

Science & Tech 2 years ago

2023's record heat partly driven by 'mystery' process: NASA scientist

But the record-shattering temperatures of 2023 have nonetheless alarmed scientists, and hint at some "mysterious" new processes that may be under way, NASA's top climatologist Gavin Schmidt tells AFP.

Europe 2 years ago

Warming world nears critical 1.5C limit in 2023: EU monitor

Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the planet, and pushed the global thermometer 1.48 C above the preindustrial benchmark, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

2023 was China's hottest recorded year: state media

Last summer, large swaths of Asia, Europe and North America experienced deadly heatwaves, which scientists say are aggravated by rising global temperatures.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

China's cold snap reaches Shanghai with chilliest year-end in 40 years

The city's lowest temperatures on Thursday will be minus 4 to minus 6 degrees Celsius (21 to 24 degrees Fahrenheit) in Shanghai's suburbs, and temperatures will remain below zero all day throughout the city, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said in a post on its Weibo social media account.

Europe 2 years ago

2023 to be hottest year on record after 'extraordinary' November

Last month smashed the previous November heat record, pushing 2023's global average temperature to 1.46 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said.

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World's record-breaking temperature streak extends through April

Hot new world

La Nina return could reduce extreme heat risks for 2024

Ocean temperature hit record high in February 2024

Above-normal temperatures for March-May due to El Nino: UN

2023's record heat partly driven by 'mystery' process: NASA scientist

Warming world nears critical 1.5C limit in 2023: EU monitor

2023 was China's hottest recorded year: state media

China's cold snap reaches Shanghai with chilliest year-end in 40 years

2023 to be hottest year on record after 'extraordinary' November

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