Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show
Earth is crossing the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to ...
January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did
The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it ...
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Have we already breached the 1.5°C global warming target?
Although the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement are based on the long-term average temperature, one year of high ...
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Here's how human-driven climate change made ferocious LA wildfires more likely
Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation ...
US is freezing and La Nina usually eases warming. Earth just set another heat record anyway
The European climate service Copernicus says the world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an ...
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Is cleaner air accelerating global warming more than we expected?
Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but researchers still disagree on the size of this effect ...
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LA fires were larger and more intense because of planet-warming pollution, study suggests
They also noted there is no physical explanation for how a planet warming due to fossil fuel pollution could lead to more extreme Santa Ana winds. The researchers concluded that given the clear ...
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Fire-Whipping Los Angeles Winds Are at the Heart of a Climate Riddle
Days before hurricane-force Santa Ana wind gusts fueled fires that devastated Los Angeles, meteorologists posted eerily accurate warnings that such a scenario was possible. But they’ve had a ...