Half a degree rise in global warming will triple area of Earth that is 'too hot for humans’ - Unsurvivable heat thresholds ...

"The most climate-stressed regions all contained permafrost, which is vulnerable to thaw as temperatures rise," researcher Sue Natali said.

Zoom in: Kornhuber and his colleagues produced the first global map of these hothouse regions, showing how they emerged from records of heat waves stretching back to 1958. The areas on which they ...

Limiting the rise in global temperature to within 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels was the goal the international community agreed on to avoid heightening the dangers of extreme heat and ...

During a strong El Niño that peaked last winter, those waters were warmer than normal, fueling a dramatic surge in global heat that began in 2023 and lasted through 2024. For the past six months ...

Reflected heat, in the form of long-wave radiation, is trapped in our atmosphere and keeps our planet warm. This is known as the natural greenhouse effect. The diagram below shows this process ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Top 10 Hottest Years in the U.S. Global carbon emissions from burning coal, oil, and methane gas climbed to their highest levels ever in 2024. This heat-trapping ...

But now, as global warming and urban development bring higher temperatures over the city in summer, the co-occurring impacts of intense heat and air pollution compound in less obvious but ...

But in an unprecedented streak between June 2023 and September 2024, global temperatures were unlike anything seen before, said the World Meteorological Organization -- and sometimes by a considerable ...

An international group of scientists, led by King's College London, has revealed how continued global warming will lead to ...