Global World News Average Global Temperature Has Warmed 1 5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre Industrial Levels For 12 Months In A Row

World Records 2nd Warmest April, Temperature Remains Above Normal Levels

Last month was the second-warmest April globally, with the past 12 months being 1.58 degrees Celsius warmer than at the start of the industrial revolution, according to European climate agency ... Read More

Global Average Temperature May Exceed the 1.5°C Limit in the Next Five Years: World Meteorological Organization

The record for the "hottest year" may be broken again within this decade, warns the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). So far, 2024 holds the record as the warmest year, with global surface ... Read More

Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Paris Climate Accords in 2015 set an ambitious (and necessary) goal of keeping global temperatures at ... Read More

5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10

The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the worst climate change scenarios. Here’s where we stand 10 years later ... Read More

Arctic warming seen at three times global average in years ahead, UN weather agency says

GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) - The world is expected to experience more record temperatures over the next five years, with Arctic warming predicted at more than three times the global average, a new ... Read More

1.5 degrees ‘no longer plausible’ as global emissions hit record

The most aggressive goal of the Paris Agreement is out of reach, according to a new analysis by the Global Carbon Project. The world is on track to set a new record for greenhouse gas emissions just ... Read More

Why Climate Goals Aren’t a Lost Cause—Even If We Overshoot Them

Global warming is set to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius soon, meaning the world will most likely fail to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of striving to cap the average temperature increase at 1.5 ... Read More

Just a small rise in global temperatures could be deadly

Large swaths of Earth may soon be too hot for humans to handle. As early as mid-century, roughly a billion hectares of land — about the land area of the United States ­— or more could hit temperatures ... Read More