Tag: Global warming

January 2025 Was the Warmest Month on Record: Copernicus
The average temperature over European land rose 2.51 degrees above the 1991-2000 January average. On Thursday, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported that January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, with the average surface temperature 0.79 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2000 January average. RELATED: South America at the Crossroads of Climate Change: […]
February 6, 2025

The Ocean Surface is Warming Four Times Faster Than in the 1980s
Ocean temperatures were rising at a rate of 0.06 °C per decade, whereas now they are increasing by 0.27 °C every ten years. On Tuesday, the journal Environmental Research Letters published a study by the University of Reading showing that ocean surface warming has quadrupled over the past four decades. RELATED: NASA Reports Record Global […]
January 28, 2025

What Does the U.S. Withdrawal From the Paris Agreement Mean?
The withdrawal takes one year from the formal notification by Washington to the United Nations for the decision to take effect. The Paris Agreement, from which President Donald Trump has signed the United States’ withdrawal, is an international treaty on climate change, legally binding, adopted in December 2015 by nearly 200 countries to limit global […]
January 21, 2025

NASA Reports Record Global Temperatures, Warns of More Extreme Weather Events
“There will be more hurricanes, fires, droughts, and not only more but also of greater intensity,” he said. Related: The Window for Action on Global Climate Change is Narrowing, C3S Warns NASA released a new global temperature record this Friday, which, although it cannot be directly linked to the deadly fires in California, the huge […]
January 10, 2025

COP29 Ends With an Unsatisfactory Climate Deal Package
The agreements did not address the magnitude of the challenges involved in fighting global warming. On Sunday, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) culminated in Azerbaijan by announcing a package of climate agreements. RELATED: COP29 Unlocks International Carbon Markets The agreements included […]
November 24, 2024

2024 Could Be the Hottest Year on Record, Warns WMO
Furthermore, it is expected that the decade from 2015 to 2024 will be remembered as the hottest ever recorded, with alarming increases in glacier ice loss, rising sea levels, and ocean warming. Related: The Temperatures in 2024 can Reach Records: WMO says A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) suggests that 2024 is […]
November 12, 2024

High Levels of CO2 To Lead to Years of Rising Temperatures
Even if emissions were quickly reduced to net zero, it would take decades to lower current temperature levels. On Monday, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that greenhouse gas concentrations broke all previous records again in 2023. The primary of these gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), increased by 11.4 percent over the past two decades. RELATED: […]
October 28, 2024

Heat Wave Forces Italian Subnational Governments to Declare Emergency
By Saturday, 20 largest cities, including Rome, Florence, and Palermo, will fall under an orange or red alert. On Thursday, regional and municipal governments across Italy have been declaring states of emergency as the country’s extremely hot and dry summer continues. RELATED: Hot Weather Reaches Record Levels in Italy Sassari in Sardinia became the latest […]
August 9, 2024

July Marks Second-Hottest Month on Record Worldwide
‘The overall context hasn’t changed, our climate continues to warm,’ said the deputy director of Copernicus. On Thursday, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that July 2024 is the second-warmest month worldwide in the data record, trailing slightly behind July 2023. RELATED: Climate Activists Protest in European Airports The average surface air temperature […]
August 8, 2024

Global Temperature Surpasses 1.5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre-industrial Level for 12 Months
June 2024 was warmer globally than any previous June, with an average surface air temperature of 16.66 degrees Celsius. On Monday, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said that June 2024 marks the 12th consecutive month of global temperatures reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) level. RELATED: Effects of Climate Change Generate […]