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A man cools off at a temporary misting station deployed by the city in the Downtown Eastside due to a heat wave, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Aug. 16, 2023.

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This summer was the hottest on record across the Northern Hemisphere, the U.N. says

4:45am September 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

The world's oceans were the hottest ever recorded, while Antarctica continued to set records for low amounts of sea ice, the World Meteorological Organization said.

Firefighters battle a brush fire last week in Santa Barbara, Calif. Climate-driven droughts make large, destructive fires more likely around the world. Scientists warn that humans are on track to cause catastrophic global warming this century.

Science

Earth Is Barreling Toward 1.5 Degrees Celsius Of Warming, Scientists Warn

9:50pm May 26, 2021

by Rebecca Hersher

Scientists say humans must keep global temperatures from increasing more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. The World Meteorological Organization warns that number is looming.

Penguins gather near a Chilean research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, not far from the Argentine station that reported the record high temperature Thursday. World meteorological experts still need to verify the record, but it does fit with a broader

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Environment

It Was 65 Degrees In Antarctica This Week

6:34pm February 07, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The preliminary finding, reported by Argentine researchers on the Antarctic Peninsula, would be the continent's hottest temperature on record if verified by the World Meteorological Organization.