The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

Heat inequality ‘causing thousands of unreported deaths in poor countries’

Friederike Otto, of World Weather Attribution, says poor people and outdoor workers are dying around the world

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

Victorian technology for measuring the weather is still remarkably accurate – new research

A small, white box with horizontal slats is a familiar sight at weather stations around the UK, and around the world.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

Weather tracker: Puerto Rico battered by Hurricane Ernesto as it strengthens and heads for Bermuda

In the western Pacific flights and trains cancelled in Japan after predictions that Typhoon Ampil will pass close to Tokyo

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

After a streak of record-breaking global temperatures, the climate is on a knife-edge

For 13 consecutive months, global average air and ocean temperatures were probably the hottest they have been in human history.

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2024

Typhoon Ampil: Thousands evacuated and hundreds of flights cancelled as storm nears Tokyo

Country braces for seventh typhoon of the year

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024

Madrid’s summers can be brutally hot. So why are so many of our trees being chopped down?

Increasing tree cover in urban areas could reduce heat-related deaths – but a fight has ensued between corporate interests and residents, says journalist Felicity Hughes

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024

July 2024 sets new records for global heat and climate disasters

July is in the books as yet another record-setting month of extreme heat and weather.

Space · Aug 14, 2024

Tropical Storm Ernesto pummels northeast Caribbean and leaves hundreds of thousands in the dark

Tropical Storm Ernesto is dropping torrential rain on eastern Puerto Rico and has left hundreds of thousands of people without power in the U.S. territory as it threatens to strengthen into a major hurricane en route to Bermuda

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2024

Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world this year

Exclusive: In 2024, 15 national temperature records have been set as weather extremes grow more frequent, climate historian says

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024

How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate?

Viewed through a long enough lens, our climate can seem unremarkable – but for humans it is unprecedented

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024