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2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest year on record: EU monitor

2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest year on record: EU monitor

  • Copernicus said 2024 would likely be more than 1.55 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 average — the period before the industrial-scale burning of fossil fuels
  • Scientists say the safer 1.5C limit is rapidly slipping out of reach, while stressing that every tenth of a degree of temperature rise heralds progressively more damaging impacts
By AFP ·
’Disappeared completely’: melting glaciers worry Central Asia

’Disappeared completely’: melting glaciers worry Central Asia

By AFP ·
Iraqi date farmers fight drought to protect national treasure

Iraqi date farmers fight drought to protect national treasure

By AFP ·
Three missing as ‘extremely strong’ typhoon nears Japan

Three missing as ‘extremely strong’ typhoon nears Japan

By AFP ·
Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive

Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive

By AP ·
Mediterranean Sea broke daily temperature record Thursday: Spanish researchers

Mediterranean Sea broke daily temperature record Thursday: Spanish researchers

By AFP ·
Heat wave forces Iran to shutter government offices and banks. Electricity consumption soars

Heat wave forces Iran to shutter government offices and banks. Electricity consumption soars

By AP ·
Climate change imperils drought-stricken Morocco’s cereal farmers and its food supply

Climate change imperils drought-stricken Morocco’s cereal farmers and its food supply

By AP ·
UAE cuts Friday sermons at mosques over sizzling heat

UAE cuts Friday sermons at mosques over sizzling heat

By AFP ·
Industries must halve emissions, make massive investments for net-zero by 2050: Oliver Wyman

Industries must halve emissions, make massive investments for net-zero by 2050: Oliver Wyman

By Nirmal Narayanan ·
New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

By AP ·
UN forecasts La Nina could help lower temperatures this year

UN forecasts La Nina could help lower temperatures this year

By AFP ·
‘Boiling not warming’: Marine life suffers as Thai sea temperatures hit record

‘Boiling not warming’: Marine life suffers as Thai sea temperatures hit record

By Reuters ·

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