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Global oceans hit hottest June on record, scientists warn of more heat ahead
The world's oceans recorded their hottest June in history, with global average sea surface temperatures reaching 20.98°C and surpassing previous records set in 2023 and 2024, according to data released Wednesday by the European Union's Copernicus Marine Service and the…
North Atlantic ‘cold blob’ linked to Europe’s record heat dome
As a historic heat dome continues to shatter temperature records across Europe, scientists are pointing to an unlikely accomplice: a persistent patch of cold ocean water in the North Atlantic that may be amplifying the continent's extreme heat.
Plutonium from ancient cosmic explosion found on Pacific Ocean floor
Debris from a cataclysmic cosmic explosion more than 100 million years ago is still falling on Earth today. An international team of researchers has detected hundreds of atoms of plutonium-244 — a radioactive isotope that can only form in the…
Australia warns El Niño could become strongest in 70 years
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has warned that an El Niño weather pattern developing in the tropical Pacific may strengthen into one of the most intense occurrences in the past seven decades, with approximately half of climate models indicating it could…