Tag: Temperatures

Climate change is ‘off the charts’: Damning report reveals how records were smashed for greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures and sea level rise in 2023 – and scientists warn ‘changes are speeding up’

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Climate change is ‘off the charts’ and presents a ‘defining challenge’ to humanity, a damning new report warns today.   

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says several climate records were broken and in some cases ‘smashed’ last year.

Greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rises, and Antarctic ice loss all escalating in 2023 due to fossil fuel emissions. 

‘Sirens are blaring across all major indicators,’ said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. 

‘Some records aren’t just chart-topping,

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Brave Orthodox Christians plunge into icy water for Epiphany celebrations across Europe despite temperatures as low as -41C

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Orthodox Christians across Europe stripped off in blistering cold temperatures to immerse themselves in freezing waters today in a traditional ceremony to mark the annual Epiphany celebrations.

Despite air temperatures plunging to as low as minus 41C in some areas of Russia and eastern Europe, hundreds of thousands plunged into holes in frozen lakes and rivers as part of the religious celebration.

Bikini-clad women and topless men dunked themselves in the icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Christian feast day

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Australia’s numbats may overheat quickly as temperatures rise

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Numbats are curious creatures. The only marsupials that are active solely during the day, when they scratch at soil and rotting logs for termites, these squirrel-sized animals are built to hoard body heat. But that same energy-saving trait may put the already endangered animals at risk as the climate warms, a new study suggests.

Already, even brief sun exposure on days over 23° Celsius (73° Fahrenheit) can severely limit the time the Australian marsupials can spend foraging, researchers report January

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I live in the South Pole – here’s what life is really like in one of the coldest places in the world where temperatures can reach -122°F

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A woman who lives in the South Pole has opened up about what life in one of the coldest areas in the entire world is really like – from handling the treacherous -122°F temperatures to spending six months without any sunlight.

Michelle Endo, 32, who is originally from San Francisco, moved to Antarctica last October to work as a ‘hospitality manager’ at the Amundsen-Scott Station.

And while living in the most southern part of the world certainly comes with some

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Terrifying heat maps reveal the countries that will become too HOT to live in if global temperatures increase by just 1.5°C

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These frightening heat maps reveal the countries that could soon become too hot to live in if global temperatures increase by as little as 1.5°C (2.7°F).

Some 2.2 billion people in Pakistan and India’s Indus River Valley, 1 billion in eastern China and 800 million in sub-Saharan Africa would be among those facing heat that is beyond human tolerance, researchers say.

That could extend to eastern and central parts of the US if temperatures on Earth were to rise by 

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This summer was officially the hottest on RECORD: Global temperatures were 0.66°C above average – as experts warn ‘climate breakdown has begun’

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Despite a patchy few months of weather in Britain, summer 2023 has been the hottest on record globally, according to the EU’s Copernicus climate service. 

Air temperatures this summer were 1.18°F (0.66°C) above average, hitting a global average of 62.18°F (16.77°C) – the highest since records began in 1940. 

Copernicus also announced that last month was the warmest August on record globally, and warmer than all other months except July 2023. 

This summer has seen extreme weather events such

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Why is the weather so bad in the UK? Rain and cooler temperatures are here to STAY for the summer because low pressure systems are currently ‘in charge of Britain’s weather’, experts say

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It’s fair to say it’s been a somewhat topsy-turvy British summer.

Last month’s heatwave brought with it temperatures in excess of 86F (30C) and made it the UK’s warmest June on record. But as July arrived, so did the rain.

Worse still, forecasters now expect this dreary weather to continue for much of August, dashing hopes of a warm end to the summer holidays.

That is in stark contrast to the extreme heat experienced by most of Europe, as back-to-back

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UK heatwave: Exact date temperatures will finally hit 32C again | Weather | News

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Summer’s battle to break through the ranks of wet and stormy weather may be finally making progress, weather models indicate.

The UK’s soggy and bleak forecast is set for a positive upturn, despite fears the school holidays would be plagued with autumnal conditions such as storms, torrential rain and gusty winds. 

According to GFS weather models, and one meteorologist, the country looks set for a surge in temperatures in mere days, with August 12 looking likely to mark the first

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North Wales could become like Sicily and ‘too hot to visit’ as temperatures skyrocket | UK | News

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A leading group of experts has warned that skyrocketing temperatures caused by global warming could make Wales as hor as Sicily in the coming years.

In recent years, global temperatures have seen a massive increase due to climate change, causing extreme weather events such as the heatwave smothering Europe.

As the trend continues upward, experts are warning that soon places previously known for being on the colder side could become perennially hot.

Lead writer at the EcoExperts Josh Jackman has

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