Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. Incredibly, climate change is ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...

According to the latest NOAA data, 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest year since records began in 1850. Global average temperatures in 2025 were 1.3°C (2.4°F) above pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels.

The aim of limiting global warming to no more than 1.5°C is slipping even further out of reach, as the latest climate data reveals global temperatures remain extremely high, with 2025 on course to ...

A comparative evaluation indicates that climate anomalies over the past three years have been particularly severe. The rise in temperatures in certain regions, alongside unprecedented climate ...

The Arctic is warming approximately three times faster than the global mean, a phenomenon termed Arctic Amplification. 8 times faster than the global average since the late 1970s. 20°C above the ...

This week saw the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees ...

If you’re younger than 30, you’ve never experienced a month in which the average surface temperature of the Earth was below average. Each month, the US National Climatic Data Center calculates Earth’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s average temperature last year sizzled at a feverishly elevated level, a jump up from trends of recent decades, but not quite as record-smashing hot as 2024, several climate ...

Switzerland is warming faster than the planet, and new climate scenarios warn of more heat waves, droughts, and less snow in ...