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Effects of Record-Breaking El Niño Are Happening on 3 Continents
12 August 2026 at 18:04
The recurring climate phenomenon is expected to peak later this year, but it is already causing dry spells and crop failures on three continents.
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Trump Administration Kills Annual Arctic Report Card
11 August 2026 at 21:02
The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.
National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
17 July 2026 at 02:43
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
17 July 2026 at 02:43
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
A firefighting helicopter at a wildfire burning in the Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris on Monday.
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Western Europe Had Its Hottest June on Record
9 July 2026 at 03:00
An unusually early heat wave smashed records across France, Britain and Spain. Temperatures in some areas are starting to soar again.
Riding a hot train in London on June 24. Average temperatures across Western Europe last month were 3.05 degrees Celsius, or 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit, above the mean from recent decades.
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Climate Change Fueling Europe’s Ferocious Heat Wave, Scientists Find
26 June 2026 at 05:01
A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would “not have been possible” without global warming.
A shady passageway on Tuesday in Bordeaux, France, where temperatures reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 42 Celsius.
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Why Is Europe the Fastest-Warming Continent
24 June 2026 at 18:59
The burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures worldwide, but local factors, on land and at sea, determine which regions warm most rapidly.
Morning commuters on the London Bridge on Wednesday, where temperatures reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit, the hottest recorded June day in the United Kingdom.
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Europe’s Heat Has Scientists Asking: How Much Hotter Can It Get?
23 June 2026 at 17:17
Records are being broken for the second time in a month, leading scientists to probe the upper limits of what the warming climate can dish out.
