World daily temperature records smashed—here's how we know
World daily temperature records have been smashed this week, according to preliminary data.
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Jul 8, 2023
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Climate change, El Nino drive hottest June on record
The world saw its hottest June on record last month, the EU's climate monitoring service said Thursday, as climate change and the El Nino weather pattern looked likely to drive another scorching northern summer.
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Jul 6, 2023
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Aquatic animals living closer to the edge when it comes to heat stress: Study
Amphipods have a much smaller safety margin to cope with warmer water in rivers than has been recognized previously. They also need to get used to warmer water gradually. This is shown by the research of Wilco Verberk of ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2023
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It's official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Niño—here's what that means for the continent
An El Niño event has arrived, according to the World Meteorological Organization, raising fears of record high global temperatures, extreme weather and, in Australia, a severe fire season.
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Jul 5, 2023
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UN warns world to prepare for El Nino impact
The United Nations on Tuesday warned the world to prepare for the effects of El Nino, saying the weather phenomenon which triggers higher global temperatures is set to persist throughout 2023.
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Jul 4, 2023
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China warns of 'multiple natural disasters' in July
Chinese authorities have warned of extreme weather and "multiple natural disasters" in the coming month, as heavy rain damaged infrastructure and forced thousands to be evacuated.
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Jul 4, 2023
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June 2023 was the hottest in England since 1846: Here's why it was so unusual
Warm or hot weather was persistent in the UK throughout most of June 2023, with temperatures peaking at 32°C in parts of south-east England. Although well short of last July's record 40°C, for large parts of England the ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2023
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Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains and scientists say that's a problem
A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year as well as long-term water shortages, ...
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Jul 1, 2023
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Smog and extreme heat, an unsafe combo for Texans
Extreme temperatures have combined with habitual smog in Houston for more than two weeks, and Erandi Trevino feels the hazardous combination in her body.
Environment
Jun 30, 2023
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Mountains vulnerable to extreme rain from climate change
As the world warms, extreme weather events grow—and they also change. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that climate change is shifting snowfall to rainfall ...
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Jun 28, 2023
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