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A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years

Global temperatures in 2024 soared to yet another record level, but this time it was such a big jump that Earth temporarily passed a major symbolic climate threshold

‘What those sober numbers indicate is how the climate crisis is tightening its grip on us,’ said one expert

Scientists have confirmed that summer 2024 broke global heat records for the second consecutive year, making 2024 likely to be the hottest year in recorded history. Data from Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service, shows June to August as the hottest period since records began in 1940.

The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record

Month after month, global temperatures are breaking records

For the 10th consecutive month, Earth set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world's oceans hitting an all-time high, the European Union climate agency said.

Earth sets new global heat record for tenth consecutive month, with air and ocean temperatures hitting all-time highs.

The freezing temperatures in Iowa – fuelled by global heating – have not dampened Republican enthusiasm for oil and gas