Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel of scientists reported Sunday. ...
Environment
Oct 8, 2018
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For every one-degree-Celsius increase in temperature, mountaintop species shift upslope 100 metres, shrinking their inhabited area and resulting in dramatic population declines, new research by University of British Columbia ...
Ecology
Sep 10, 2018
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Imagine something similar to the Great Depression of 1929 hitting the world, but this time it never ends.
Environment
Aug 15, 2018
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Earth just sweated through the third hottest August and summer on record.
Environment
Sep 18, 2017
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The Southwestern U.S. is about to feel the wrath of a punishing heat wave that includes a forecast of 120 degrees in Phoenix—a temperature not seen in the desert city in more than 20 years.
Environment
Jun 19, 2017
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While last month merely tied for the world's third warmest October in history, 2016 is still on track to be the hottest year on record, federal meteorologists said Thursday.
Environment
Nov 17, 2016
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Earth sizzled to its 13th straight month of record heat in May, but it wasn't quite as much of an over-the-top scorcher as previous months, federal scientists say.
Environment
Jun 16, 2016
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Last month marked the hottest May in modern history, continuing a troubling trend of rising global temperatures, US government scientists said Thursday.
Environment
Jun 18, 2015
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Last month was the hottest August on record for global average temperatures over land and ocean surfaces, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
Environment
Sep 18, 2014
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NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of System 92E, a tropical low pressure area that is ripe for development into a tropical depression and tropical storm, as it continues to develop near to southwestern Mexico.
Earth Sciences
May 28, 2013
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