The Latest Breaking News from the Copernicus Climate Change Service

'Uncharted territory': Record high ocean temperatures confirmed for June as El Niño strengthens its grip

Global sea surface temperatures reached record highs for June as a newly declared El Niño hits the Pacific Ocean, prompting concerns over extreme weather, flooding, sea level rise and stress to global ocean ecosystems.

LiveScience · Jul 2

This is why Europe was so fatally unprepared for the June heatwave

IN FOCUS: Europe’s hottest ever June has laid bare the failures of successive governments across the continent to prepare for extreme heat. Now, scientists say, we have reached the point where climate change is having a severe impact on daily life. Alex Croft reports

The Independent UK · Jun 27

September’s ‘persistently high’ land and sea temperatures caused by climate change, report says

September 2025 was the third warmest on record, new data shows.

Euronews · Oct 9, 2025

2024 Set To Become Earth's Hottest Year: 'Climate Action Is More Urgent Than Ever

This year is on track to become the hottest year on record, with global temperatures expected to exceed the1.5 degrees Celsius above benchmark set by the Paris Agreement.

International Business Times · Dec 11, 2024

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

The Copernicus Climate Change Service says this year is sure to eclipse 2023 as the hottest yet.

Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2024

Earth on track for hottest year recorded

Climate scientists have long identified 1.5º of global temperature rise as a grave milestone for avoiding disaster

Salon · Nov 9, 2024

Broken temperature records are alarming but it is not too late to limit global warming

July 22, 2024 was the hottest day in recorded human history, with a global average temperature of 17.16 C.

The Conversation · Sep 3, 2024

June Hottest On Record, Beating 2023 High: EU Climate Monitor

Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves.

International Business Times · Jul 8, 2024

Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists

If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2024

The Last 12 Months Have Been the Hottest on Record

It's virtually certain that 2023 will be the warmest year ever in the instrumental temperature record.

Reason · Nov 10, 2023