







Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023
'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new climate in seven charts
Temperature records were smashed in June - and scientists warn this is a sign of things to come.

The Strongest El Niño Ever
With all the July runs in, dynamical models give a ~90% chance of a record-setting event

It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now
The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’
Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

We mapped the world’s hottest data centers
In 21 countries, all data centers are located in climates that are too hot.

Brutal June heat wave killed as many as 14,000 Europeans
POLITICO calculations show thousands of excess deaths across six worst-hit countries.

Belgium had the highest excess mortality rate in Europe during June heatwave
People living in poorer regions were hit hardest by the extreme heat.

The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare
The planet hasn't seen a historic El Niño since the 1870s. With one on the horizon, experts are already bracing for impact.

Scorched Harvest: The Strongest El Niño Ever Forecast, the Crops in Its Path, and the Hunger It Will Leave Behind
How 3.6 degrees of warm water in the tropical Pacific is about to redraw the map of global hunger and why, this time, no one in power can claim they were not warned.

The Arctic Is in Dire Straits, 20 Years of Reporting Show
The Arctic has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, a new report shows, as temperatures skyrocket and ice rapidly melts

The Graph That Should Be Front-Page News
Every so often the Earth produces a signal that is impossible to ignore. This graph is one of them. It shows sea-surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, one of the most important parts of the Earth's climate system. Each blue line represents a different year since 1982. The red line is this year. It doesn't just set a new record. It has departed entirely from the range of previous observations.If this graph represented stock market prices, a new Olympic record or a

Global Warming Is Rapidly Accelerating, New Paper Finds
A new study found the first statistically significant evidence that global warming is ramping up at a horrifying rate.
