Low clouds matter most for albedo and sunlight reflection. They bounce a lot of sunlight back to space. Last year, low cloud ...
Did you know the Earth has an energy “budget” to balance heat? An intriguing concept that researchers have been recording and learning over the years. However, before learning about the “budget,” they ...
The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming. Hundreds of ...
Download the report: Climate Change and the Escalation of Global Extreme Heat: Assessing and Addressing the Risks (2025) Download the data: for 247 countries over May 1, 2024, to May 1, 2025, and 67 ...
Large swaths of Earth may soon be too hot for humans to handle. As early as mid-century, roughly a billion hectares of land — about the land area of the United States ­— or more could hit temperatures ...
New research finds that not only will climate change make heat waves hotter and longer, but the lengthening of heat waves will accelerate with each additional fraction of a degree of warming.
LONDON — Humanity’s burning of fossil fuels directly led to the deaths of at least 1,500 people in a European heat wave last week, a study published Wednesday said. While temperatures soared across ...