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August Ties for Hottest Month on Record

10 September 2026 at 03:00
Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.

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A vendor cooled off with a frozen water bottle in a market in Seoul on Aug. 6.

Is Climate Change Supercharging El NiΓ±o?

19 June 2026 at 16:52
As a new, potentially record-breaking El NiΓ±o begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

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Fighting a wildfire in South Sumatra, Indonesia, during an El NiΓ±o-exacerbated dry season in 2023.

Is Climate Change Supercharging El NiΓ±o?

19 June 2026 at 10:00
As a new, potentially record-breaking El NiΓ±o begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

Β© Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Fighting a wildfire in South Sumatra, Indonesia, during an El NiΓ±o-exacerbated dry season in 2023.

Arizona, Nevada Agree to Trade for Desalinated Pacific Ocean Water

3 June 2026 at 23:52
A decade-old treatment plant in San Diego County, Calif., could leave more water in the Colorado River for states facing severe shortages.

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From left, Dan Denham of the San Diego County Water Authority; Scott Cameron of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Tom Buschatzke of the Arizona Department of Water Resources; and Colby Pellegrino of the Southern Nevada Water Authority toasted the agreement at the Carlsbad Desalination Plant in California on Wednesday.

E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away

3 June 2026 at 23:01
Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a β€œnecessity.”

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The European plan to invest roughly $107 million comes as the U.S. has said it would dismantle a sprawling network of sensors.
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