/tags/global-warming Global Warming en-US Copyright Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:12:18 GMT /news/2025-01-13/earth-breaks-yearly-heat-record-and-lurches-past-dangerous-warming-threshold Global temperatures in 2024 soared to yet another record level, but this time it was such a big jump that Earth temporarily passed a major symbolic climate threshold. Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:12:18 GMT /news/2025-01-13/earth-breaks-yearly-heat-record-and-lurches-past-dangerous-warming-threshold The Associated Press /environment-nature/2023-12-28/2023-was-the-hottest-year-on-record-is-this-how-its-going-to-be-now Global temperatures soared past previous records in 2023, according to new data from the European Union. Nations must slash fossil fuel emissions to avoid even higher temperatures, scientists warn. Thu, 28 Dec 2023 10:00:50 GMT /environment-nature/2023-12-28/2023-was-the-hottest-year-on-record-is-this-how-its-going-to-be-now Lauren Sommer, Rebecca Hersher /news/2023-12-27/this-oil-company-invests-in-pulling-co2-out-of-the-sky-so-it-can-keep-selling-crude A technology that could help combat climate change is being championed by an unlikely proponent: Occidental Petroleum, a big oil company. And that's raising all kinds of knotty issues. Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:42:50 GMT /news/2023-12-27/this-oil-company-invests-in-pulling-co2-out-of-the-sky-so-it-can-keep-selling-crude Camila Domonoske /news/2023-07-21/city-of-dallas-joins-new-cool-coalition-aimed-at-lowering-temps-with-technology Dallas is one of five major U.S. cities to join the Smart Surfaces Coalition. The group will help the city use new infrastructure aimed at keeping temperatures low. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:58:06 GMT /news/2023-07-21/city-of-dallas-joins-new-cool-coalition-aimed-at-lowering-temps-with-technology Nathan Collins /energy-environment/2023-07-21/a-future-without-air-conditioning-is-becoming-harder-to-imagine AC is now seen as essential – but the more we use it, the more we help heat the planet. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:36:46 GMT /energy-environment/2023-07-21/a-future-without-air-conditioning-is-becoming-harder-to-imagine Michael Marks /environment-nature/2023-02-28/gulf-of-mexico-warming-at-faster-rate-than-global-ocean-study-finds While weather and ecosystem effects are being seen, one expert says the warming is still within a “reasonable range.” Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:37:53 GMT /environment-nature/2023-02-28/gulf-of-mexico-warming-at-faster-rate-than-global-ocean-study-finds Kristen Cabrera | Texas Standard /2021-11-04/earth-has-11-years-to-cut-emissions-to-avoid-dire-climate-scenarios-a-report-says Carbon dioxide emissions are rebounding after a dip in 2020, and researchers say that at the current rate, Earth's "carbon budget" will be exhausted in roughly 11 years. Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:00:00 GMT /2021-11-04/earth-has-11-years-to-cut-emissions-to-avoid-dire-climate-scenarios-a-report-says Scott Neuman /health-science-tech/2021-02-08/nothing-to-sneeze-at-global-warming-triggers-earlier-pollen Across the United States and Canada, pollen season is starting 20 days earlier and pollen loads are 21% higher since 1990 and a huge chunk of that is because of global warming, a new study found in Monday’s journal the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:19:52 GMT /health-science-tech/2021-02-08/nothing-to-sneeze-at-global-warming-triggers-earlier-pollen Associated Press /2021-02-01/federal-scientists-confirm-virtual-tie-for-hottest-year-on-record The average global temperatures in 2020 and 2016 were within a few hundredths of a degree. The Earth is about 2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer now than it was in the middle of the 20th century. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:00:11 GMT /2021-02-01/federal-scientists-confirm-virtual-tie-for-hottest-year-on-record Rebecca Hersher /environment-nature/2021-01-15/hot-again-2020-sets-yet-another-global-temperature-record Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday. Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:00:52 GMT /environment-nature/2021-01-15/hot-again-2020-sets-yet-another-global-temperature-record Associated Press