January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did

The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January — and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried. Read More

A striking new visualization looks like a flower in bloom but tells an alarming story about what’s happening to the planet

A spiral graphic made by climate scientist Zeke Hausfather unfurls like a flower, its colors moving from blue to red. It may look beautiful but it reveals is just how unusually hot our planet is becom ... Read More

“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records

According to Dr. Mark Serreze and many other climate scientists who spoke with Salon, the new reality created in 2024 by unprecedented rising temperatures is the biggest news story today ... Read More

January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did.

A woman sunbathes on a summer day in Montevideo, Uruguay, in January of 2025. This January was the hottest ever recorded on Earth. Matilde Campodonico/AP January 2025 was officially the hottest ... Read More

A striking new visualization looks like a flower in bloom but tells an alarming story about what’s happening to the planet

A striking new visualization made by climate scientist Zeke ... what it reveals is an alarming picture of a heating planet. The graphic shows the increase in daily global temperatures between ... Read More

January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did

Both 2023 and 2024 shattered previous temperature records, hovering near or above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above the Earth's temperature in the late 1800s, a time before humans ... Read More