The only way to deal with this is to prepare for a situation with a much higher likelihood of unprecedented extreme events, already in the next one to two decades.
Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. The signal was unlike any previously recorded.
July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023.
The hurricane has set a string of records that experts say are tied to climate change, as it developed faster and much earlier in the year.
The climate crisis is driving an exponential rise in the most extreme wildfires in key regions around the world, research has revealed.
As the world braces for another summer of extreme heat, following the record-setting 2023 season, a recent study has acutely linked heat waves to the rate of early births among pregnant women.
April marked another "remarkable" month of record-breaking global air and sea surface temperature averages, according to a new report by the EU's climate monitor published on Wednesday.
Europe's climate monitor said Tuesday that March was the hottest on record and the tenth straight month of historic heat, with sea surface temperatures also hitting a "shocking" new high.
The Atlantic hurricane season does not begin for another eight weeks, but we are deep in the heart of hurricane season prediction season.
Extreme temperature events are often accompanied by greater solar radiation and higher wind speeds that could be captured by solar panels and wind turbines.
This year has a one-in-three chance of being even hotter than 2023, which was already the world's hottest on record.
Globally, December, January and February came in at 0.78C above average. But the last three months are part of a much bigger climate change picture.
Currently, the scale ranks hurricanes from 1 to 5. Now some researchers are now calling for a category 6 to be added because of the changing Earth.
Researchers peering back through 800 years of history have concluded that Mayan civilizetion may well have been undone by drought.
Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts said Wednesday, warning that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
