global temperature

An aerial view of a stuck boat on a dried out lake in Bolivia. A new report finds that September 2023 was the hottest September on record. South America - which is coming out of its winter - also saw record high temperatures.

Environment

It's the warmest September on record thanks to El Niño and, yes, climate change

6:46am October 14, 2023

by Julia Simon

A new government report finds that September 2023 was the hottest in the agency's 174-year global climate record. Climate change and El Niño are driving the heat.

For the second time in a month, an intense heat wave has hit Western Europe, particularly France. In Toulouse, temperatures reached 90 degrees Fahrenheit by 10 p.m. This heat wave is characterized by unusually high temperatures at night.

Opinion: Is Anything More Urgent Than The Temperature Of Our Planet?

4:54pm July 27, 2019

by Scott Simon

Our Earth is in the middle of what may be the hottest summer on record. Scorching new records were set all over Europe this week. What could be more urgent news than the temperature of our planet?

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Earth's long-term warming, compared against a base line average from 1951 to 1980, can be seen in this visualization of NASA's global temperature record.

2018 Was Earth's Fourth-Hottest Year On Record, Scientists Say

6:39pm February 06, 2019

by Christopher Joyce

The last five years are also the five hottest years on record for average global temperature, according to scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A fully loaded container ship sails along the coast. Historically, ships have taken most of the sea measurements that go into the estimate of Earth's average surface temperature.

Scientists Cast Doubt On An Apparent 'Hiatus' In Global Warming

7:03pm June 08, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

Though past measurements have suggested global warming all but stopped in the late 1990s, newly refined figures show Earth's warming has continued unabated.

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