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Another Record Hot Year Warns of Shifting, Dangerous Climate
Earth's average temperature last year hovered among one of the three hottest on record, while the past three years indicate that warming could be speeding up, international climate monitoring teams ...
2025 One of the Top Three Hottest Years on Record
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the ...
Arctic Blast Brings Snow and Wind to the Great Lakes and Northeast
A surge of Arctic air brought strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast on Tuesday, a day after a bomb cyclone barreling across ...
How Bomb Cyclones Form and Create Dangerous Conditions
When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could "bomb out" or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean? ...
More Extreme Weather Due to Record High CO2 Levels Last Year: Report
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and "turbo-charging" the Earth's climate and ...
Coastal Communities Restoring Natural Defenses Against Storm Surges, Rising Seas
In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the New York and New Jersey coasts, beaches ravaged by Superstorm Sandy underwent extensive ...
July Temps Ease, But Still Third Hottest on Record
The world experienced its third-warmest July on record this year, according to the European Union's climate agency, which tracks global warming, announced on Thursday. Temperatures eased slightly for ...
515-Mile Swath of Lightning Caught From Space
Researchers used space-based instruments to measure a record-setting 515-mile lightning bolt that lit up the skies from Texas to Kansas City, smashing previous records. Thanks to advanced satellite ...