Last month tied for world’s equal hottest April on record
The record heat has the globe on track for its sixth-warmest year to-date and marks the 350th month in a row of above average global temperatures.
View ArticleAir conditioner use in cities trigger vicious cycle
Researchers in US say city-dwellers are inadvertently stoking up heat of the night – by installing air conditioners.
View ArticleNew report puts huge price tag on climate risk
New report - co-authored by former senior Republicans - concludes climate change poses “multiple and significant risks” to the US economy.
View ArticleMilitary bases face hurdles in climate change adaptation
Climate change could cost the US Department of Defence big in coming decades unless adaptation measures are taken soon.
View ArticleWeather disasters have cost the globe $2.4 trillion
Weather and climate-related disasters have caused $2.4 trillion in economic losses and nearly 2 million deaths globally since 1971.
View ArticlePlanet is running a temp: State of the climate ‘check-up’
From the top of the globe to the depths of the oceans and everywhere in between, the climate is warming and changing in ways humans have never experienced.
View ArticleMarine economy takes a dive as ocean acidity rises
New study from NOAA shows growing acidification of Alaska’s waters, particularly those off the southern coast, threatens the state’s whole economy.
View Article2014 on track to be hottest year on record
New data shows there’s a good chance 2014 could become the warmest year on record.
View ArticleObama at UN summit: ‘We have to answer the climate call’
Obama says U.S. is committed to climate action and that it wants to cooperate with other countries in finalizing a meaningful global climate treaty.
View ArticleDrought dries up California hydropower, focus on solar, wind
As California’s historic drought dries up the state’s water supplies and withers its crops, it’s also shaking up the way electricity is produced there.
View ArticleAustralia blasted by record heat — again
Another sweaty weekend for Australians with Saturday’s continent-wide average maximum topping 36°C — a record for October.
View ArticleAn ill wind blows in Antarctica, threatens global flooding
Winds of change are blowing over already gale-swept South Pole, threatening to hasten Antarctic melting and worsen flooding around the globe.
View ArticleUN climate report rings alarm, offers guidance
The most sophisticated, comprehensive and succinct scientific account of the impacts of human activity on the world was published Sunday.
View Article7 striking images that tell the story of “Arctic outbreak”
The invasion of frigid Arctic air began on Monday, here are some of the most arresting images of this unusual weather pattern.
View Article2014 set for record hot; record cold thing of the past
We are on track to see 2014 set the mark for hottest year on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
View ArticleWhat’s at stake in Lima climate talks
The stakes in Lima are tropospheric, and far clearer now than when Kyoto was negotiated.
View ArticleGiving climate pact legal teeth could make it toothless
As negotiators gather in Peru for a critical round of climate talks, U.S. delegates are straining to explain what they call a “counterintuitive” reality.
View ArticlePersistent warming driving big Arctic changes
Long-term trends in rising temperatures, spiraling sea ice loss, and ecosystem shifts paint a picture of a region in transition due to climate change in Arctic.
View ArticleOne for the record books: 2014 officially hottest year
It’s official: 2014 has taken the title of hottest year on record.
View ArticleA broken record: 2014 hottest year
13 of the hottest 15 years on record have occurred since 2000 and the odds of that happening randomly without the boost of global warming is 1 in 27 million.
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