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Why cleaner air is actually accelerating global warming

Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to the recent string of record warm years. Why this is happening is still unclear, and among the biggest questions in climate science today ... Read More

Alaska is warming three times the world. It is more than a regional crisis

Alaska's rapid warming is disrupting local ecosystems and indigenous communities. Melting ice and permafrost are intensifying ocean, weather, and greenhouse gas changes. Global patterns, including ... 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

The World Is Warming Up. And It’s Happening Faster.

Human-caused global warming has been increasing faster and faster since the 1970s. Global average temperature compared with the middle of the 20th century 2010 to present +1.0°C 1970 to The world is ... Read More

The world’s ice sheets just got a dire prognosis, and coastlines are going to pay the price

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ... Read More

Global 3C warming would hurt UK economy much more than previously predicted, OBR says

MANCHESTER, England, July 8 (Reuters) - A rise in global temperatures to almost 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels would likely hurt Britain's economy by much more ... Read More

Global Warming Monday

Holy you know what! State Sen-elect Peter Shumlin is not the only person in Vermont who thinks global warming ain’t a theory, but rather a front-burner issue that simply cannot be ignored a minute ... Read More

New Zealand's seas warming faster than global average: report

The seas around New Zealand are warming much faster than global averages, scientists said Wednesday in a new study warning how climate change could batter the island nation. The government study found ... Read More

The global temperature may be even higher than we thought

The world has warmed even more than we thought, according to a new dataset suggesting the temperature rise since pre-industrial times is 6 per cent higher than previous estimates. That would put us on ... Read More

Global Warming Made Hurricane Melissa More Damaging, Researchers Say

Climate change enabled the storm to churn faster and grow more quickly, a rapid analysis found. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Hurricane Melissa’s path through the Caribbean last month was made more violent ... Read More