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UN sounds ‘Red Alert’ as world smashes heat records in 2023

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological ...

Europe has a new highest recorded temperature at nearly 120°F in Sicily

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Europe officially has a new record temperature – 119.8°F – reached on Aug. 11, 2021. The extreme heat, recorded on the Italian ...

The past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged ...

UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and ...

El Nino set to last at least til April: UN

World
David Turner

The El Nino weather phenomenon, which triggers higher global temperatures, is expected to last until at least April 2024, the United Nations ...