February 2020: Earth's 2nd Warmest February and 3rd Warmest Month on Record
Europe and Asia crush their all-time warmest winter records by a huge margin...
Eye of the Storm
The Science Behind Extreme Weather
January 2020: Earth’s Warmest January on Record
The month was our planet’s warmest ever recorded without an El Niño being present
New Book Food or War Outlines How to Avoid a Soylent Green Future
Julian Cribb’s sobering new book gives dire climate change warnings but also reasons for hope
Earth’s 40 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters of 2019: 4th Most Billion-Dollar Events on Record
Seven nations or territories see their costliest weather disasters in history
Earth Had Its Second Warmest Year in Recorded History in 2019
The six warmest years in recorded history have been the past six: 2014–2019
A Rogues’ Gallery of the Five Category 5 Storms of 2019
The two Atlantic Category 5 hurricanes and three Northwest Pacific Category 5 super typhoons of 2019 set records
The Top 10 Weather and Climate Stories of 2019
Near-record Arctic melting, a bountiful but deadly monsoon and three highly destructive tropical cyclones highlight the earth’s second warmest year on record...
Fifth Straight Year of Central American Drought Helping Drive Migration
Recent rains have helped, but long-term climate change is likely to significantly increase migration
November 2019: Earth’s Second Warmest November on Record
The year 2019 is very likely to be Earth’s second warmest on record, behind 2016
Newly Identified Jet-Stream Pattern Could Imperil Global Food Supplies
A new study finds a 20-fold increase in the risk of simultaneous heat waves in major crop-producing regions when the pattern is in place
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