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August tied for hottest month ever recorded globally
The contiguous United States experienced its hottest meteorological summer in 132 years of record-keeping, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported on Wednesday. The average temperature across the Lower 48 states from June through August 2026 was 74.4 degrees Fahrenheit,…
Study finds Amazon climate extremes rising far faster than averages suggest
The Amazon rainforest faces a growing threat of catastrophic drought and wildfire as the 2026 El Niño — forecast to be the strongest in modern history — intensifies across the Pacific, arriving just two years after the devastating 2024 drought…
August 2026 was the hottest, most humid month ever recorded
Last month was the hottest and most humid August ever recorded, with global average temperatures soaring to 1.65 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to analyses by climate scientists — the latest in a cascade of broken records driven by…
Chinese scientists link deadly Nepal flood to climate-driven glacier retreat
The catastrophic flash flood that struck the Tibet-Nepal border on August 26 has killed at least 1,355 people in Nepal and 43 in Tibet, with nearly 5,000 still missing. As recovery efforts continue, Chinese climate scientists are now directly linking…
Startup says it can cool the planet for $10B a year; scientists push back
An Israeli-US startup says it can cool the planet for $10 billion a year by spraying tiny particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight — but scientists warn the technology could destabilize the global climate system in ways no experiment…
EU crops maturing up to 20 days earlier as climate warms
Maize, rapeseed, and winter wheat matured and were harvested across Europe far earlier in 2026 than at the turn of the century, according to European Commission data, as repeated heatwaves accelerated plant growth cycles and dragged down yields across the…
WMO issues most unequivocal El Nino forecast ever, warns of record-breaking event
The World Meteorological Organization has issued its most unequivocal El Niño forecast ever, warning that the climate phenomenon building across the tropical Pacific is on track to become the strongest since modern monitoring began and will persist through at least…
UN report finds $15 return for every $1 on clean air
A new assessment released Monday by the UN Environment Programme and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition found that tackling air pollution and climate change together could generate roughly $15 in economic benefits for every $1 invested, while preventing millions…
Europe’s largest carbon capture facility opens in the Netherlands
Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility officially opened on Monday at Yara International's Sluiskil ammonia and fertilizer plant in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland, establishing what the company describes as the world's first complete cross-border carbon capture and storage…
UN warns wildfires are eroding global air quality gains
The World Meteorological Organization warned on Monday that increasingly intense wildfires and heatwaves risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality and protect human health, as climate change makes it harder for countries to meet pollution targets.
Study finds climate change made El Ninos 36% stronger
A landmark study drawing on nearly 1,000 years of coral records from the Galápagos Islands has found that El Niño events are now more than 36% stronger than before the Industrial Age, offering some of the clearest evidence yet that…
Summer 2026 broke heat records from Maine to Europe
As meteorological fall began on September 1, climate summaries from weather agencies across the Northern Hemisphere confirmed a stark pattern: the summer of 2026 was among the hottest ever recorded in locations stretching from New England to Western Europe.
WMO issues most certain El Nino forecast in its history
The World Meteorological Organization on Thursday issued its most unequivocal forecast in its 50-year history, warning that El Niño is intensifying into a "very strong" event with a "nearly 100%" likelihood of persisting through February 2027.
Tech sector’s CO2 emissions rose in 2024 amid AI boom, UN report finds
Technology companies emitted 301 million tonnes of operational carbon dioxide in 2024, a 1.2 percent increase over the prior year, as the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to outpace the sector's climate commitments, according to a new United…
NOAA sees over 90% chance of record El Nino this winter
A rapidly intensifying El Niño is on track to become the strongest on record, with forecasters warning of far-reaching consequences for weather patterns, marine ecosystems, and global temperatures through 2027.
Coral reefs nearing irreversible decline, scientists warn
Coral reefs worldwide are bleaching so frequently that they can no longer recover between events, pushing global coral cover well below historical norms and toward irreversible decline, according to a landmark report released Monday by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring…
UN report finds sea levels rising at record pace
Two reports released Monday in Palau paint a stark picture of the world's oceans under stress: sea levels are rising faster than ever recorded, and coral reefs are caught in a cycle of decline with shrinking windows for recovery. Both…
Dengue surges across Asia and Middle East as cases top 95,000 in Sri Lanka
Dengue fever is surging across South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East as monsoon conditions and weakened health systems create fertile ground for the mosquito-borne virus. Sri Lanka is enduring one of its worst outbreaks in nearly a decade,…
IMF warns emerging economies face compounding growth threats over next decade
The International Monetary Fund has warned that emerging and developing economies face a more difficult path to sustained growth, with conflict, mounting debt, trade fragmentation, and climate change creating compounding pressures that traditional policy frameworks may struggle to address.
Scientists say warming destabilized slopes before Nepal flood
Two days after a catastrophic glacier collapse on the north face of Langtang Lirung sent millions of metric tons of rock and ice crashing into valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border, scientists said Thursday that decades of warming temperatures have destabilised…
Nepal flood death toll hits 579 as barrier lake threatens new destruction
Two days after a glacier collapsed above Nepal's northern border with Tibet, sending a wall of mud, rock and ice through Himalayan valleys, the death toll in Nepal has climbed to 579, with nearly 2,000 people still missing and a…
Engineered bacteria speed up ocean carbon removal in Harvard study
Researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute have genetically engineered a marine bacterium to speed up rock weathering in seawater, removing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the process. The findings, published Friday in Nature Biotechnology, demonstrate that the modified…
El Ninos are now stronger than any in the past 1,000 years, study finds
El Niño events have become nearly 40% stronger over the past four decades than at any point in the previous millennium, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science that offers some of the clearest evidence yet linking…
Nepal, China warn of second flood as barrier lakes risk bursting
Nepal and China issued urgent flood warnings on Thursday as two newly formed barrier lakes on either side of their Himalayan border threatened to burst, raising the prospect of a second catastrophe in a region still reeling from flash flooding…
FAO report finds over half the world’s soils degrading
More than half of the world's soils are under poor or very poor management, threatening global food supplies, biodiversity, and the planet's ability to fight climate change, according to a major report released Thursday by the United Nations Food and…
Nepal flash floods kill dozens, leave hundreds missing
A catastrophic flash flood tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region early Wednesday morning, killing at least 95 people and leaving nearly 400 others missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists, in one of the worst mountain disasters in recent Himalayan history.
Europe’s summer heatwaves kill at least 35,000 people
Europe has recorded at least 35,000 excess deaths during a summer of back-to-back heatwaves, a toll that rivals the catastrophic 2003 season and is expected to climb further as August mortality data remains incomplete. Germany, France, and Spain account for…
Earth’s oceans hit all-time heat record amid historic El Niño
Global sea surface temperatures reached their highest level in recorded history on Friday, as a surging El Niño compounds decades of human-caused warming to push the planet's oceans into uncharted territory.
Study: climate change could triple global wheat prices
Widespread drought across the world's major wheat-growing regions is already driving global wheat prices higher — and climate change could make it far worse, according to research published this week in the journal Earth's Future.
UK Met Office predicts strongest El Nino in over a century
The UK Met Office warned Friday that the El Niño event currently developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest in living memory and the largest such event since the 19th century, with sea surface temperatures forecast…